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> SO jobs should have been an absolute gold mine job websites I can think of off the top of my: hired indeed linkedin ziprecruiter google shows jobs webs

> SO jobs should have been an absolute gold mine job websites I can think of off the top of my: hired indeed linkedin ziprecruiter google shows jobs websites google recommends: monster glassdoor simplyhired yes none of these are customized like stackoverflow but, don't you think that competition is stiff enough?

cinntaile 4y ago
You really don't think SO had a leg up for dev jobs?
smt88 4y ago
Those competitors should all lose to SO because SO is a site every developer visits many times per week even if they aren't job hunting. Indeed can't find me devs that don't know they want to leave their current job yet.
andruby 4y ago
Sure, there's lot's of competition. But: the market is also really huge, and SO had a good way to differentiate. Every business is recruiting and willing to pay hundreds or thousands to fill each spot.
BoorishBears 4y ago
How many of those sites has one millionth the brand equity that StackOverflow has with developers? Every single site you mentioned is filled to the brim with low quality low effort Contract to Hire recruitment spam. StackOverflow could have been the way to get real tech jobs, but they squandered it.
the_only_law 4y ago
LinkedIn’s job board is could almost be usable if it didn’t stuff the results full of “promoted” crap.
polalavik 4y ago
The arena is saturated, but the quality is garbage. Lots of 3rd party recruiters hiding company names posting the same job everywhere. If you can keep the quality high for a small-medium group there is money to be made, I imagine (i'm trying to start a job board myself for a tiny group). But just look at anything Pieter Levels has built (remoteok.io) dude has a huge monthly MRR. granted hes a solo founder and SO probably employs many. Also look at Dice.com. They allegedly bring in near 150Million/year! To have a targeted audience in the palm of you hands and throw it out the window is just bad business. SO is really just throwing away money.
tannhaeuser 4y ago
Maybe SO management figured it should be more lucrative to have those job sites/brokers bid on ads placed on SO rather than becoming a competitor to their customers.
mirekrusin 4y ago
I used to work for company helping with hiring process, we had integration with most of them. The consensus at the time was that end to end wise (company hires and is happy with candidate) - you could just remove every integration leaving just stack overflow jobs and it'd be fine. It's beyond me why they cancelled it, so stupid from my PoV.

cinntaile 4y ago

You really don't think SO had a leg up for dev jobs?

smt88 4y ago

Those competitors should all lose to SO because SO is a site every developer visits many times per week even if they aren't job hunting. Indeed can't find me devs that don't know they want to leave their current job yet.

andruby 4y ago

Sure, there's lot's of competition. But: the market is also really huge, and SO had a good way to differentiate. Every business is recruiting and willing to pay hundreds or thousands to fill each spot.

BoorishBears 4y ago

How many of those sites has one millionth the brand equity that StackOverflow has with developers? Every single site you mentioned is filled to the brim with low quality low effort Contract to Hire recruitment spam. StackOverflow could have been the way to get real tech jobs, but they squandered it.

the_only_law 4y ago

LinkedIn’s job board is could almost be usable if it didn’t stuff the results full of “promoted” crap.

polalavik 4y ago

The arena is saturated, but the quality is garbage. Lots of 3rd party recruiters hiding company names posting the same job everywhere. If you can keep the quality high for a small-medium group there is money to be made, I imagine (i'm trying to start a job board myself for a tiny group). But just look at anything Pieter Levels has built (remoteok.io) dude has a huge monthly MRR. granted hes a solo founder and SO probably employs many. Also look at Dice.com. They allegedly bring in near 150Million/year! To have a targeted audience in the palm of you hands and throw it out the window is just bad business. SO is really just throwing away money.

tannhaeuser 4y ago

Maybe SO management figured it should be more lucrative to have those job sites/brokers bid on ads placed on SO rather than becoming a competitor to their customers.

mirekrusin 4y ago

I used to work for company helping with hiring process, we had integration with most of them. The consensus at the time was that end to end wise (company hires and is happy with candidate) - you could just remove every integration leaving just stack overflow jobs and it'd be fine. It's beyond me why they cancelled it, so stupid from my PoV.