long long ago one would write their own tools to do things. If one could write a generic tool for others to also use it was wonderful. With the internet it beca

long long ago one would write their own tools to do things. If one could write a generic tool for others to also use it was wonderful. With the internet it became more or less the default mostly because tools grew into bigger more useful things one couldn't just quickly write alone. Posting job openings is just a posting. It seems a fun tool to develop out of it an interview process (or part of it) If you are a programmer everything should be examined as if a programming problem. You do something or you don't do it. If you chose to do it you try to do it well. Access to a huge audience, unlimited programmers willing to work for free (on the tool). This doesn't sound like a very challenging service to build? Asking money for job listings isn't strange. $2000 per listing seems a good price for how high profile the website is. Employees aren't cheap. Applicants must be qualified, YC picks 1-5 applicants per listing. YC does supervised remote interviews. You basically take charge of the interview. If the applicant performs poorly or makes unreasonable demands he is replaced. If the employer makes unreasonable demands the opening is closed without a refund. If the employer wants to fire the employee within 6 months a new interview between them is set up to examine where things failed or they won't be allowed to post a new listing. If the applicant lied about qualifications the new listing is free.