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Show HN: A daily aggregator of all remote jobs out there

100 points by pieterhg 12y ago

jreacher 12y ago
Nice interface. :)
avinassh 12y ago
Looks like I stumbled upon a bug? There is a job listing by a company Hedo for junior iOS Dev. But when I clik on it it throws 404. http://remoteok.io/startups/hedo http://remoteok.io/startups/hedo I manually added special character, é (don't know what's it called), as shown in company name and now it works: http://remoteok.io/startups/hédo http://remoteok.io/startups/hédo So may be bug is related to how you are handling unicode/special characters, in database and URL mapping
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Thanks, will fix that! Probably have to add an id to the url :(
  - mathgeek 12y ago
    You could probably also get away with slugifying the name before sticking it in the URL. Just have to validate the slug and account for names that only vary by accents.
jasonlotito 12y ago
No "programmer" jobs available. Didn't realize I could just scroll down to browse.
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Sorry about that, added an arrow now :)
BenC88 12y ago
Search is case sensitive which threw me off. I was searching for "front end" as opposed to "Front End".
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Thanks, will fix this now
nomaC7 12y ago
Looks the same as Working Nomads http://www.workingnomads.co http://www.workingnomads.co
- pieterhg 12y ago
  That's a curated job boards, this is an aggregator that indexes ALL remote jobs out there. Or at least tries to
mcjiggerlog 12y ago
Personally, I would ditch the hero - I think it just gets in the way and degrades page performance.
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Thanks, it's gone on individual pages, e.g. try clicking a tag
  - pieterhg 12y ago
    Also removed it after 3 page loads now.
seszett 12y ago
You're misdetecting the "Java" tag, it looks like any job which mentions "Javascript" is tagged as "Java" as well as "JS".
- bhayden 12y ago
  I was confused why so many web dev jobs required Java.
  - pieterhg 12y ago
    Sorry about that, should be fixed now!
perdunov 12y ago
This is obviously awesome. Could you share how much time approximately did it take you to make this?
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Thanks @perdunov! About 2 weeks, I'll do a full write up on it on my blog tomorrow, see my profile info @levelsio (don't like to spam)
ssharp 12y ago
Very cool! GrowthHackers.com and Inbound.org both have occasional remote jobs listings in their job listings. You may wish to add them to the sources :)
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Will add, thanks!
dmarlow 12y ago
Very nice. Perhaps add a filter for contract and part-time?
jared314 12y ago
Is there a tag for "junior level job that accepts experienced devs looking to switch stacks by working nights or weekends on something they can put on their resume"? Because, that would be very cool.
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Adding :)
sholanozie 12y ago
This is awesome. I found your site through HN a couple of weeks ago and read through a bunch of your blog posts, which inspired me to take on a remote position. Keep up the great work. :)
lscore720 12y ago
This is a great aggregator and very visually appealing. As a recruiter, I would caution one big challenge in the remote job space is vetting legit opportunities. Specifically, I'm sure far too many developers can relate: a company promotes a variation of "remote-friendly", "potential for remote" or "remote for the right person." At they end of the day, they hire their "preferred candidate" locally and it's a huge time waster for all parties involved. All in a all, your site looks excellent, but I just worry about the validity of the premise.
imns 12y ago
The concept looks a lot like my site: https://jobety.com https://jobety.com. The difference being that Jobety is also for fulltime / onsite positions.

100 points by pieterhg 12y ago

Nice interface. :)

Looks like I stumbled upon a bug? There is a job listing by a company Hedo for junior iOS Dev. But when I clik on it it throws 404. http://remoteok.io/startups/hedo http://remoteok.io/startups/hedo I manually added special character, é (don't know what's it called), as shown in company name and now it works: http://remoteok.io/startups/hédo http://remoteok.io/startups/hédo So may be bug is related to how you are handling unicode/special characters, in database and URL mapping

pieterhg 12y ago
Thanks, will fix that! Probably have to add an id to the url :(
- mathgeek 12y ago
  You could probably also get away with slugifying the name before sticking it in the URL. Just have to validate the slug and account for names that only vary by accents.

jasonlotito 12y ago

No "programmer" jobs available. Didn't realize I could just scroll down to browse.

pieterhg 12y ago
Sorry about that, added an arrow now :)

BenC88 12y ago

Search is case sensitive which threw me off. I was searching for "front end" as opposed to "Front End".

pieterhg 12y ago
Thanks, will fix this now

nomaC7 12y ago

Looks the same as Working Nomads http://www.workingnomads.co http://www.workingnomads.co

pieterhg 12y ago
That's a curated job boards, this is an aggregator that indexes ALL remote jobs out there. Or at least tries to

mcjiggerlog 12y ago

Personally, I would ditch the hero - I think it just gets in the way and degrades page performance.

pieterhg 12y ago
Thanks, it's gone on individual pages, e.g. try clicking a tag
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Also removed it after 3 page loads now.

seszett 12y ago

You're misdetecting the "Java" tag, it looks like any job which mentions "Javascript" is tagged as "Java" as well as "JS".

bhayden 12y ago
I was confused why so many web dev jobs required Java.
- pieterhg 12y ago
  Sorry about that, should be fixed now!

perdunov 12y ago

This is obviously awesome. Could you share how much time approximately did it take you to make this?

pieterhg 12y ago
Thanks @perdunov! About 2 weeks, I'll do a full write up on it on my blog tomorrow, see my profile info @levelsio (don't like to spam)

ssharp 12y ago

Very cool! GrowthHackers.com and Inbound.org both have occasional remote jobs listings in their job listings. You may wish to add them to the sources :)

pieterhg 12y ago
Will add, thanks!

dmarlow 12y ago

Very nice. Perhaps add a filter for contract and part-time?

jared314 12y ago

Is there a tag for "junior level job that accepts experienced devs looking to switch stacks by working nights or weekends on something they can put on their resume"? Because, that would be very cool.

pieterhg 12y ago
Adding :)

sholanozie 12y ago

This is awesome. I found your site through HN a couple of weeks ago and read through a bunch of your blog posts, which inspired me to take on a remote position. Keep up the great work. :)

lscore720 12y ago

This is a great aggregator and very visually appealing. As a recruiter, I would caution one big challenge in the remote job space is vetting legit opportunities. Specifically, I'm sure far too many developers can relate: a company promotes a variation of "remote-friendly", "potential for remote" or "remote for the right person." At they end of the day, they hire their "preferred candidate" locally and it's a huge time waster for all parties involved. All in a all, your site looks excellent, but I just worry about the validity of the premise.

imns 12y ago

The concept looks a lot like my site: https://jobety.com https://jobety.com. The difference being that Jobety is also for fulltime / onsite positions.