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Show HN: Raise Your Flag – Start an awesome career without a degree or diploma

27 points by bretthopper 12y ago

BrindsleyQuives 12y ago
Arse-Sum!
xyclos 12y ago
I really like the concept. However, it isn't really clear to me what benefits come from joining. It seems like I'm able to view everything without actually signing up for an account. Other than that, the site looks pretty nice and seems to work as expected.
- chinpunkanpun 12y ago
  Ryan here, co-founder of Raise Your Flag. Glad you like what we're working on. The difference between a registered user and the average visitor, registered users can search for jobs. Visitors must sign-up before getting job search results. Hope that helps.
gomathinayagam 12y ago
cool initiative, often formal education is hindrance for truly talented people in many part of the world especially in software industry. Of-course your's addressing every other industry as well. Does it provide only job search or some sort of grooming and guidance in shaping their skills?
- chinpunkanpun 12y ago
  We agree! Job search currently. Grooming & guidance in the near future. Although the immediate need for a job is more of a symptom of the lack of guidance, we figured we'd start with the career path/job search as it's likely a pressing need for many. Plus, once the guidance features are implemented, we have somewhere to lead users.
cmdrfred 12y ago
Beautiful site.
- chinpunkanpun 12y ago
  thank you!
eglover 12y ago
I like the idea. I find it really odd that Web Developer is on the homepage but not on the site. (False advertising?) Not much here, but it's a nice site if it becomes more populated. If you had a feed on these updates I'd like to watch it, but it seems the blog is well... a blog. :)
- chinpunkanpun 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Agreed about Web Developer. It's high in our queue to add. We clearly failed by not having a career path for every featured career on the main page. As for the feed, we're planning a regular "roundup" blog series of newly added careers once we tackle what's in the queue currently. Appreciate you taking the time to look at what we're building.
memonkey 12y ago
I didn't see a newsletter sign up, but I registered anyway so hoping to get some emails in the future when you add more paths (webdev!). Would love to see more service industry career paths as well. Great work!

27 points by bretthopper 12y ago

Arse-Sum!

I really like the concept. However, it isn't really clear to me what benefits come from joining. It seems like I'm able to view everything without actually signing up for an account. Other than that, the site looks pretty nice and seems to work as expected.

chinpunkanpun 12y ago
Ryan here, co-founder of Raise Your Flag. Glad you like what we're working on. The difference between a registered user and the average visitor, registered users can search for jobs. Visitors must sign-up before getting job search results. Hope that helps.

gomathinayagam 12y ago

cool initiative, often formal education is hindrance for truly talented people in many part of the world especially in software industry. Of-course your's addressing every other industry as well. Does it provide only job search or some sort of grooming and guidance in shaping their skills?

chinpunkanpun 12y ago
We agree! Job search currently. Grooming & guidance in the near future. Although the immediate need for a job is more of a symptom of the lack of guidance, we figured we'd start with the career path/job search as it's likely a pressing need for many. Plus, once the guidance features are implemented, we have somewhere to lead users.

cmdrfred 12y ago

Beautiful site.

chinpunkanpun 12y ago
thank you!

eglover 12y ago

I like the idea. I find it really odd that Web Developer is on the homepage but not on the site. (False advertising?) Not much here, but it's a nice site if it becomes more populated. If you had a feed on these updates I'd like to watch it, but it seems the blog is well... a blog. :)

chinpunkanpun 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Agreed about Web Developer. It's high in our queue to add. We clearly failed by not having a career path for every featured career on the main page. As for the feed, we're planning a regular "roundup" blog series of newly added careers once we tackle what's in the queue currently. Appreciate you taking the time to look at what we're building.

memonkey 12y ago

I didn't see a newsletter sign up, but I registered anyway so hoping to get some emails in the future when you add more paths (webdev!). Would love to see more service industry career paths as well. Great work!