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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
HN contributions only amounted to about 5% of the total score. Mostly it was Github contributions (measured by number of forks and watchers and a couple other things) and Stack Overflow participation.
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
We made money from matching our job seeking users to companies. We contracted with companies to do this. If you go to the hiring? link at the top you can see some of that. Most of our sales outreach was direct though.
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Yeah, finding the homepage should probably be easier to do from the blog. I normally try to link to the homepage in the first couple sentences of the post, but not always, and not in this case unfortunately. Edit: and I agree we could have
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Cofounder here. Since you guys are speculating, I thought I'd jump in and try to answer a few questions and help where I can. tl:dr it's a really hard business because matching developers to companies who are willing to pay for yo
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
San Francisco is 1.85x what it costs to live in, say, Nashville, TN. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=salary+comparison+Nashv...
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Wrote a relevant blog post about this issue not too long ago. The article states the obvious of course. Talent isn't evenly distributed, but it is distributed. What's most compelling for perhaps Valley and New York companies only,
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The Case for Remote Work(blog.workforpie.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 13y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Auto-delete all messages that contain the phrase "my client" and you'll eliminate 90% of spammy recruiter emails in my experience. That's the goal, right? If the recruiter had an amazing, what you've always wanted kind of job for you, you'd
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Introducing Anonymous Job Matching(blog.workforpie.com)
7 points by cliftonmckinney 13y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Same is true for sales-type emails, I'd say. All too often, the mistake is to "sell" the reader in the initial email. That only works if you're selling something incredibly compelling and easy to understand. Most startups don't have that. T
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by cliftonmckinney 13y ago
Most companies seriously underestimate the level of exposure they have. We usually recommend applying inbound marketing techniques to your recruiting process to improve your exposure. A few tips: 1) Open source one or more useful projects.
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Culture matters. Don't screw it up.(kufikia.wordpress.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 13y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
I've been playing around with it recently, among other options. I'd definitely say it's closer to the way I work, but not quite "it" yet. Two things I think might help: 1) Integration with something like Full Contact so that folks can get s
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I need a CRM that I'm not sure exists(chiefpieguy.tumblr.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Not as it relates to MOOCs. IIRC the stated business model of Udacity is related to helping graduates find jobs.
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
I think this is correct, for the most part. Call me a dirty capitalist, but I think that especially for problem no. 1 the solution probably needs to involve--in a significant way--those who have the most incentive to see it solved. Generall
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
A little feedback: I think the real interesting answers won't necessarily come from the companies themselves. I think it's a good start, but much more interesting from my perspective is what employees with varying opinions--from glowing t
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Not completely fleshed out jemka, but we're working on this over at Work for Pie. https://workforpie.com/companies/gallery/ Free for companies to set up a page.
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Climbing the Ladder as a Developer(kufikia.wordpress.com)
4 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|2 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
I think the most interesting bit of the Stripe article was that they did most of their hiring via referrals. That's really one of the very few ways you're going to be able to hire "people" rather than specifically to certain job description
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
We've been working to solve this problem for a long time at https://workforpie.com/ . I completely agree with everything OP says, but I'll tell you what the real problem is: time. This is especially true in early stage startups and consult
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
The am>ventures site is here: http://amventures.co/ We're really happy with the work they've done for us. For early stage startups, they're a great option.
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Co-founder of Work for Pie (the other company mentioned in the article) here. I will say I'm glad that these guys expanded from their original, pretty elitist degree and/or experience requirements. There are companies that do it right--like
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
I think where the college and credentials bit is failing--for me at least--is the lack of differentiation between "learning to do" and "learning to think." I went to a liberal arts college and spent most of my four years learning to think.
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
The 'complete redesign' trend has been seen by some in the design community as a bit arrogant and impractical. My guess is that poster didn't want to be included in that crowd.
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Here's a way not to get an investment from Mark Cuban(nibletz.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Am I the Only One Who Thinks Mailbox Sucks?(nibletz.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What was your best job search/hiring experience?
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Fixing Online Technology Education(kufikia.wordpress.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Kufikia - Learn Django or Rails, get help, get paid when you finish.(kufikia.com)
5 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|2 comments

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