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   by ksat 14y ago

   Please mail me if you want to integrate kaushik[at]cull.io
2. 32.▲
   by ksat 14y ago

   You mean as in a better design? This was designed by me and I am not that good designer. Will try to make it better
3. 33.▲
   by ksat 14y ago

   Thanks! Yes and yes. It is limited to request and response type of challenges and candidates have to deploy on localhost. Because of this limitations though, candidats can choose any language, library or framework and you need not limit y
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   by ksat 14y ago

   Launched http://cull.io 20 days ago. Revenue made till now $150. Spent: appengine $10, musicbakery: $47. (I don't really know how to cost my time, it's around three weeks to build).
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   The Literally Sexy, Sexy Password Field(ksat.me)

   8 points by ksat 14y ago|7 comments
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   From 4 to 32 people in eight years(37signals.com)

   3 points by ksat 14y ago|0 comments
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   Parse, Firebase and the comeback of Two-Tier(ksat.me)

   40 points by ksat 14y ago|4 comments
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   by ksat 14y ago

   Not lying. Even I am not sure why this happens though. I think two things are at play: a) You could survive in big enough company without coding (You survive by tinkering xml files, db records, monitoring the servers.. stuff like that) b) M
9. 39.▲
   by ksat 14y ago

   +1 and Agree. It's wrong to get free work. However, just out of curiosity how would you have felt if the employer has actually paid you for those "small projects"? (To be clear: No guarantee that you will get the Job, but payment is guarant
10. 40.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Got it. Thanks. I'll see how I can word it better.
11. 41.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Thanks! Will fix.
12. 42.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Yes that's a valid point. We do ask the candidate to submit the source code once the they have solved the challenge. So employers who need only say "Rails" developers can mention it in the instructions and check the source later. "However,
13. 43.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Thanks, I never thought of it that way. Will check.
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    by ksat 14y ago

    Thanks!
15. 45.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Well yes, but thats applicable any remote interviews. Or even telephonic interviews. As a solution you could have the candidate solve a challenge on premise. or having him explain the code or make small modification on premise(what i do, if
16. 46.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Will fix. thanks.
17. 47.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Got it. Din't think of that. thanks. It'll be a nice to perform all requests relative to a webapp directory. Will send you a mail once it's done.
18. 48.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Any suggestions for better music?
19. 49.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Thanks! I'd love your feedback. You can mail me kaushik [at] cull.io
20. 50.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Yes. Thanks for mentioning.
21. 51.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    OP here. Agree with this sentiment. Even I would not use cull.io to have candidates build a complex web app that would take days or even hours to build. I would use it as a tool to "Filter" candidates, not "Select" them. (It's amazing how
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    by ksat 14y ago

    Thanks ticks. Out of curiosity I'd love to know what do you think should be the best way to filter developers when you make a Job post. Puzzles, Hr questions(tell me something bad about yourself) and other questions like ('how many golf bal
23. 53.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    :). Will fix. Thanks
24. 54.▲
    by ksat 14y ago

    Payed $47 to musicbakery.com for that :(
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    by ksat 14y ago

    It dosent have to be a complex web app. It's can be the same problems you would solve on topcoder if you need. but it can be more than that too.
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    by ksat 14y ago

    Yes! I think the complexity should be reasonable too. I've listed why I built it here: http://www.cull.io/why.html To start with, if you are recruiting a web developer it can be an simple alternative which lets candidates choose any fram
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    by ksat 14y ago

    A Few things: 1) For some requests, the correct response can be hidden and just reply 'pass' or 'fail'. 2) You can use javascript to randomize the requests. For example create a random expression and ask it to be evaled 3) Candidates submit
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    by ksat 14y ago

    Hi HNers, OP here. Cull.io is similar to top coder or interviewstreet but focussing just on recruiting web developers. It works by asking candidates to develop a web app on localhost instead of presenting a textarea where candidates types
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    Show HN: Recruit web developers by having them build a web app(cull.io)

    68 points by ksat 14y ago|89 comments
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    by ksat 14y ago

    Yeah