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Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

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Post by 4kimov »

matsemann wrote: post #10

What makes Netflix for instance eligible? Is the job specifically geared towards OS, or just Netflix known for releasing some of their stuff as OS and hence are allowed? Any thoughts about location? No idea what here is relevant for where I live.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars).

All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you.

Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and those cities are listed if you click on the company's name. Right now it's region-biased per country -- if you scroll to the bottom and click "more" you can change the country. There's def still work to do (visas, non-remote, fine-tuning, etc).

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#13

Post by rebeccaskinner »

4kimov wrote: post #11
matsemann wrote: post #10

What makes Netflix for instance eligible? Is the job specifically geared towards OS, or just Netflix known for releasing some of their stuff as OS and hence are allowed? Any thoughts about location? No idea what here is relevant for where I live.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

I'm not sure about the other companies, but I see listings for both Netflix and OpenAI that claim to offer remote work. Aren't both companies notoriously remote-hostile? OpenAI in particular seems to have been pretty vocally anti-remote lately. It might be a good idea to allow some way for people to flag bait-and-switch remote listings.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#14

Post by 4kimov »

stefanos82 wrote: post #12

Can't read nearly anything unless I force my focus on a specific area. Can you enlarge the fonts please? My vision is not so good. Hint: Editing font-size to 18px (for ) via web dev tools (Firefox) produces an incredible output for me.

Yeah, I might've gotten used to it by now - need to experiment a bit & adjust. Thank you for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#15

Post by 4kimov »

rebeccaskinner wrote: post #13
4kimov wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

I'm not sure about the other companies, but I see listings for both Netflix and OpenAI that claim to offer remote work. Aren't both companies notoriously remote-hostile? OpenAI in particular seems to have been pretty vocally anti-remote lately. It might be a good idea to allow some way for people to flag bait-and-switch remote listings.

Reporting/flagging features are def on the todo list & not yet there. I agree, they'd be great to have for better moderation. All good points.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#16

Post by arp242 »

4kimov wrote: post #11
matsemann wrote: post #10

What makes Netflix for instance eligible? Is the job specifically geared towards OS, or just Netflix known for releasing some of their stuff as OS and hence are allowed? Any thoughts about location? No idea what here is relevant for where I live.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

> All jobs should be remote-friendly

Would be helpful to mention where by the way; some positions are world-wide remote, others Europe or US only.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#17

Post by lolinder »

4kimov wrote: post #11
matsemann wrote: post #10

What makes Netflix for instance eligible? Is the job specifically geared towards OS, or just Netflix known for releasing some of their stuff as OS and hence are allowed? Any thoughts about location? No idea what here is relevant for where I live.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

> either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions

These two categories seem pretty distinct, and the second is pretty nebulous. What does "significant" mean here, and how well does that translate to the odds of me working on an open source project? It's unclear why Netflix and Cloudflare are included but, say, Facebook and Microsoft aren't.

If you're going to include both, it would be nice if there were a way to distinguish and filter between these two categories. I really like the idea of being able to see all the open source jobs out there, but having Netflix at the top of the list makes me unsure how many of these companies are truly open-source-first.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

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Post by 4kimov »

arp242 wrote: post #16
4kimov wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

> All jobs should be remote-friendly Would be helpful to mention where by the way; some positions are world-wide remote, others Europe or US only.

Indeed. Some companies limit to countries, some to timezones (+/- a few hours), some to regions like you mentioned, and others might have a language requirement. I've been trying to figure out how to surface that properly without making it too complicating for either the poster or the viewer, and I'm honestly not sure yet.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

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Post by 4kimov »

lolinder wrote: post #17
4kimov wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great questions, atm the index contains either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions (eg: Netflix, Cloudflare, OpenAI have thousands of Github stars). All jobs should be remote-friendly. There's nothing to do - if you see the jobs, they should be relevant to you. Some companies do have physical offices (meaning you're welcome to work from there), and…

> either companies that have their main products as open-source, or companies that make significant contributions These two categories seem pretty distinct, and the second is pretty nebulous. What does "significant" mean here, and how well does that translate to the odds of me working on an open source project? It's unclear why Netflix and Cloudflare are included but, say, Facebook and Microsoft aren't. If you're goi…

Good point. The code used to have a "work directly on open-source" checkbox per job, but it's hidden for now because I wasn't sure about the edge cases: people can be asked to switch projects later, some companies have their main product as open-source but the position is not directly related (eg: devops), etc. Perhaps I should bring it back and see how it does. Thank you for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Fossfox – paid opportunities for open-source devs

#20

Post by OJFord »

4kimov wrote: post #18
arp242 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> All jobs should be remote-friendly Would be helpful to mention where by the way; some positions are world-wide remote, others Europe or US only.

Indeed. Some companies limit to countries, some to timezones (+/- a few hours), some to regions like you mentioned, and others might have a language requirement. I've been trying to figure out how to surface that properly without making it too complicating for either the poster or the viewer, and I'm honestly not sure yet.

Though timezone is generally a proxy for the former. I don't think many US companies asking for UTC-(7-5) for example will entertain European applicants willing or happy (I know it would suit me better!) to work those hours.
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