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by bitsweet 14y ago
We don't share your information with recruiters, that's part of the proposition as we are a conduit to companies that you decide who to share your information with. We match jobs to your goals AND to your relevant experience, if we didn't c
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by bitsweet 14y ago
You should receive a welcome email shortly if not already, respond to that with any updates. You can always email support@trypitchbox.com too
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by bitsweet 14y ago
thanks, looking at improving that step...will address the bug
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by bitsweet 14y ago
These salary brackets are very real for US based developers.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
I agree, thats why we built this more around someone's expectations and goals and less about their history (though that is important too). That way we can be more focused on high quality discovery, lowering the barrier to "keeping your fing
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by bitsweet 14y ago
thanks for the feedback!
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by bitsweet 14y ago
It is anonymous to the point that others don't know you are on Pitchbox. Your name isn't shared with anyone until you are matched with a company and you like the pitch and agree to sharing it. It would be just to hard to send you personally
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Hey @DavidAdams, Our intentions are not to bait and switch and so far responses have been very positive. I believe most developers share your surprise when they hear about the overhead to hiring, I did. I appreciate that using outside help
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by bitsweet 14y ago
developers who are not actively looking...are the best because they are talented but have an inertia to move anywhere and may not even be aware of interesting challenges in other areas that their skills are applicable to Exactly. We could
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by bitsweet 14y ago
We haven't had any companies complain about our pricing. But oure real focus is on making a better experience.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. We'll certainly to address that and be more clear.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
They are doing something also interesting, albeit different. They timebox the offers which is clever but the "Auction Price" that is non-binding is confusing and people I've talked to felt it was sorta gimmicky for that reason. We feel comp
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Hey @arscan, thanks for the feedback - totally agree. We did this at first and was able to build relationships connecting developers and companies around ruby/python/js roles. With this we HN post we wanted to guage the appetite of the broa
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Yes, several of the teams we are hiring for have 100% telecommute roles if you are able to legally work for a US based company. Just let us know in the Goals of this when signing up.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
If you are legally able to work for a US company then we have several teams that are hiring for 100% telecommute roles. Just mention that in your Goals on signup.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
It is USD. Right now we are only hiring for US companies and a few in London.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
There are a few things I dislike about recruiters that we aim to fix: * They nearly all are technically incompetent, e.g. thinking Java is the cool word for Javascript and such. We know the difference between interfaces and inheritance, bei
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Wow, that's pretty steep. Maybe that's just a west coast thing. I don't think most developers realize how much recruiters are getting paid for placements. 25% is pretty standard across US, we're less then that with our flat rate. Where I
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by bitsweet 14y ago
1% at one company vs 1% at another company can vary so drastically we thought it was almost meaningless to ask...we instead prefer to present the whole pitch and let you determine if that equity and everything else that comes with it is int
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Yes. If you just signed up, you'll get an initial email package soon. We're full service though...so you can email us anytime with questions or updates, like a new resume, at support@trypitchbox.com and we'll do the updating for you. Whiche
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by bitsweet 14y ago
It is part of our secret sauce, but when you receive a pitch, your very basic interactions with it feed back into the system.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Every single developer is reviewed by a human before we begin any matchmaking and we also screen every employer (this means names are in a predictable format).
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Our focus has been developers because we are most familiar with how messed up the status quo is for us and how we can improve it. That being said we have also seen an overwhelming response from those that don't write code. We are figuring o
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by bitsweet 14y ago
We'll be creating a FAQ from this HN discussion. We intend to be very transparent. It is free for the developer. Even though it is different, we found it easiest when employers pay us similar to how they pay contingency recruiters, placemen
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by bitsweet 14y ago
1) It sounds like companies are hand picked. On the other side: How do you filter for great developers? I'm sure you can't assume every prospective employee signup is a top-tier developer. Do you have some algorithmic, human, or other proc
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Yeah, we understand there are unique situations like this so we typically reach out for more information when someone says they are willing to relocate.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
If you attach your resume, we'll parse it for you. LinkedIn has set a precedent of cease and desists for products like this, we wanted to avoid that path.
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Fair point...right now we associate your salary with with where you live. If you are open to relocating, we'll reach out to find out where and then make sure salary is adjusted...our intent is to help you find something great, so we'll work
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Putting your resume online, on a resume board, or elsewhere is sure to send many unsolicited jobs in to your inbox. You'll then have to engage with each individual to determine if its interesting work, good pay, etc...That works if you are
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by bitsweet 14y ago
Good idea. If we can't infer enough information sometimes we'll reach out and ask one or two questions.

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