I guess plenty of students use Reddit/ Quora for career related tips. Please give your thoughts
Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#2Interesting thought, but if I wanted career advice I'd ask Hacker News, since I'm a software engineer and the folks here are a great resource. If I was a chef, I would ask for career advice from a similar online community or subreddit. Point being, an online community about a specific interest is where the experts for that topic would reside and those are the people I want to ask.
The value lies in those communties. Creating my own community platform is something I've been noodling for some time. Reddit is terrific, but it's cookie cutter and not exactly feature rich.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#3I personally think everyone should have a team to give them help and guidance, and members of that team should have their own teams. I think this is a good idea in theory - will be hard to do in practice though.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#4Interesting thought, but if I wanted career advice I'd ask Hacker News, since I'm a software engineer and the folks here are a great resource. If I was a chef, I would ask for career advice from a similar online community or subreddit. Point being, an online community about a specific interest is where the experts for that topic would reside and those are the people I want to ask. The value lies in those communties.…
Agreed. This community aims to address the needs of college students in particular, as they are often confused with the available choices during or after college.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#5I personally think everyone should have a team to give them help and guidance, and members of that team should have their own teams. I think this is a good idea in theory - will be hard to do in practice though.
Well, there can be voluntary group leaders for important categories such as jobs/internships, higher ed etc
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#6I think it isn't a bad idea to create a new community of this type. If you are looking for an existing community with an overlapping scope there is http://workplace.stackexchange.com/
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#7I think it isn't a bad idea to create a new community of this type. If you are looking for an existing community with an overlapping scope there is http://workplace.stackexchange.com/
Thanks for sharing the link. From what I understood, that community is focused on helping working professionals. I want a similar community for college students.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#8I think it isn't a bad idea to create a new community of this type. If you are looking for an existing community with an overlapping scope there is http://workplace.stackexchange.com/
Thanks for sharing the link. From what I understood, that community is focused on helping working professionals. I want a similar community for college students.
Yes, working professionals are the core audience. Some of the topics that are discussed there like resumes and interviewing can be useful for students looking to be hired but not so much for those wondering what to major in.
For students there is also http://academia.stackexchange.com/ that deals with the immediate problems they face.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for sharing the link. From what I understood, that community is focused on helping working professionals. I want a similar community for college students.
Yes, working professionals are the core audience. Some of the topics that are discussed there like resumes and interviewing can be useful for students looking to be hired but not so much for those wondering what to major in. For students there is also http://academia.stackexchange.com/ that deals with the immediate problems they face.
Great! But then it is basically a Q&A forum. May be a mix of HN + SE can be built. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Re: Ask HN: Do you think there is a need for a community for career advice?
#10CareerDean is a targeted community just for this purpose.