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Ask HN: Startup jobs site

10 points by mavsman 12y ago

I'm graduating from college this year and the job search has begun. One of my main criteria is a relatively small company, preferably a mature startup. Is there somewhere outside of HN that I can find these postings without having to look up every single company that posts jobs to see how big their company is and how old they are?

nostrademons 12y ago
One option might be to go to sites that only display startups, eg. CrunchBase (crunchbase.com), AngelList (angel.co/jobs), Startupers (startupers.com), StartupHire (startuphire.com), and just apply to or cold-email companies listed there. Beyond that, feel free to e-mail me (my address is in my profile, slightly obfuscated)...I'm founding a startup that's aimed at people like you, and I'd love to get your feedback on a new product concept.
- mavsman 12y ago
  Oh that's great information. I just got started on AngelList. I went to StartupHire briefly but haven't searched there yet as I'm still intrigued by AL. I'll surely be giving all those places a try, though.
thegenius 12y ago
often times startup ceos are accessible, so you might really dig into a company and its ceo, and write a few well thought out letters to the ones that resonate with you the most. be careful here - there's a ton of smoke and mirrors in this space and you could end up with a real egomaniac that's done better blowing smoke than delivering value. startup ceos want talent who will scale our their visions - the more that you can demonstrate that you just want to work hard learning how to solve the problems theyre working on, the more compelling you will be. good luck - theres a lot of opportunity out there.
wnm 12y ago
This really depends on where you live! For startup hubs such as San Francisco, New York etc, I think the best job boards are https://jobs.github.com/ https://jobs.github.com/, http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/ http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/, http://www.authenticjobs.com/ http://www.authenticjobs.com/, and https://angel.co/jobs https://angel.co/jobs Angellist as mentioned on another comment is also great for just finding startups. I also used to find really good city specific sites with a google search like "startups [CITY NAME]" or even "startup jobs [CITY NAME]" for berlin for example one of the first hits is: http://berlinstartupjobs.com/ http://berlinstartupjobs.com/ Also, there is a huuuge list with job boards, currated by the guys from underdog.io -> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlOCi7qqICWzdEhzX1V5RVJMb1BKVjB0bWFER3dCdFE&output=html https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlOCi7qqICWzdEh... if you are interested in remote jobs, and dont want to wade through all those job boards yourself, subscribe to http://remoteworknewsletter.com http://remoteworknewsletter.com and set a couple of filters to only receive jobs that are relevant to you
JSeymourATL 12y ago
> One of my main criteria is a relatively small company, preferably a mature startup. Search the news archives for startups in the local business journal corresponding to the market where you're interested in living/working. Go back to 2009-13, put together a hit-list of promising targets, see where they are today. In Dallas> http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/09/20/north-texas-cities-are-trying-to.html?page=all http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/09/20/n... *Pro-Tip: Reach out to the CEO directly, not all jobs are posted.
cjbarber 12y ago
Hi! Hopefully this is cool/helpful: http://www.breakoutlist.com/ http://www.breakoutlist.com/ would love your thoughts. email in profile.
davidshariff 12y ago
If your based in the UK you can try http://workinstartups.com/ http://workinstartups.com/

10 points by mavsman 12y ago

nostrademons 12y ago

One option might be to go to sites that only display startups, eg. CrunchBase (crunchbase.com), AngelList (angel.co/jobs), Startupers (startupers.com), StartupHire (startuphire.com), and just apply to or cold-email companies listed there. Beyond that, feel free to e-mail me (my address is in my profile, slightly obfuscated)...I'm founding a startup that's aimed at people like you, and I'd love to get your feedback on a new product concept.

mavsman 12y ago
Oh that's great information. I just got started on AngelList. I went to StartupHire briefly but haven't searched there yet as I'm still intrigued by AL. I'll surely be giving all those places a try, though.

thegenius 12y ago

often times startup ceos are accessible, so you might really dig into a company and its ceo, and write a few well thought out letters to the ones that resonate with you the most. be careful here - there's a ton of smoke and mirrors in this space and you could end up with a real egomaniac that's done better blowing smoke than delivering value. startup ceos want talent who will scale our their visions - the more that you can demonstrate that you just want to work hard learning how to solve the problems theyre working on, the more compelling you will be. good luck - theres a lot of opportunity out there.

wnm 12y ago

This really depends on where you live! For startup hubs such as San Francisco, New York etc, I think the best job boards are https://jobs.github.com/ https://jobs.github.com/, http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/ http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/, http://www.authenticjobs.com/ http://www.authenticjobs.com/, and https://angel.co/jobs https://angel.co/jobs Angellist as mentioned on another comment is also great for just finding startups. I also used to find really good city specific sites with a google search like "startups [CITY NAME]" or even "startup jobs [CITY NAME]" for berlin for example one of the first hits is: http://berlinstartupjobs.com/ http://berlinstartupjobs.com/ Also, there is a huuuge list with job boards, currated by the guys from underdog.io -> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlOCi7qqICWzdEhzX1V5RVJMb1BKVjB0bWFER3dCdFE&output=html https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlOCi7qqICWzdEh... if you are interested in remote jobs, and dont want to wade through all those job boards yourself, subscribe to http://remoteworknewsletter.com http://remoteworknewsletter.com and set a couple of filters to only receive jobs that are relevant to you

JSeymourATL 12y ago

> One of my main criteria is a relatively small company, preferably a mature startup. Search the news archives for startups in the local business journal corresponding to the market where you're interested in living/working. Go back to 2009-13, put together a hit-list of promising targets, see where they are today. In Dallas> http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/09/20/north-texas-cities-are-trying-to.html?page=all http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/09/20/n... *Pro-Tip: Reach out to the CEO directly, not all jobs are posted.

cjbarber 12y ago

Hi! Hopefully this is cool/helpful: http://www.breakoutlist.com/ http://www.breakoutlist.com/ would love your thoughts. email in profile.

davidshariff 12y ago

If your based in the UK you can try http://workinstartups.com/ http://workinstartups.com/