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Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by dagw »

dotancohen wrote: post #37
taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

You're a professional. I try to be, as well. But I know many people who call themselves "PHP devs" or "React engineers" or "Wordpress gurus". This service is perfect for them.

How does one approach automatically make you more "professional" than the other?

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by beecafe »

taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new problems we create for consumers.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by codingdave »

I am not sure where this data is coming from. I live out in the country, 15 minutes from a town of 2000 people, an hour from any real tech jobs. And there are results near me. From places like CyberCoders - almost as if other remote software folks just had a job through them once so their home address shows in the database. I suspect there is some serious validation needed of this data set before it will be useful.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by chris_overseas »

I like the idea but it seems rather US-centric currently. I'm finding it almost impossible to filter by London, UK - a whole load of other locations containing 'London' across the US show up instead. Similarly, trying to reposition the map to London requires a lot of scrolling of the map, because I can't zoom out far enough to see enough of the globe. As it stands it's very difficult for me to use unfortunately, but hopefully it won't be too hard to improve the UX for an international audience.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by francisofascii »

taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

I think your are underestimating the time it takes to become proficient in a technology stack. You can't build anything until you learn it. When you are proficient, is nice to be able to come into a completely new business environment and be somewhat productive. It feels like validation that you are actually an expert in something. Now it is commendable and a great growth experience to come in as a newbie with no knowledge of the business and the technology, but still a hard pill to swallow for most.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by mwcampbell »

beecafe wrote: post #42
taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new…

It's unfortunate that this cynicism is so widespread, because technology actually does solve problems and make people's lives better. I suppose I'm lucky to be working in a domain, accessibility for blind people, where this is obvious. But I'm sure there are many other such areas.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by arcturus17 »

beecafe wrote: post #42
taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new…

If software does not solve problems, what are you getting paid for, exactly? For the weight of the line of code?

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

mwcampbell wrote: post #46
beecafe wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new…

It's unfortunate that this cynicism is so widespread, because technology actually does solve problems and make people's lives better. I suppose I'm lucky to be working in a domain, accessibility for blind people, where this is obvious. But I'm sure there are many other such areas.

It can, but parent's cynicism is very understandable if one looks around at the hot new exciting technology of today and compares it to the hot new exciting technology of decades past. Pretty much the entire high-paying tech space right now is either solving non-problems or actively creating and promoting problems.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by NAHWheatCracker »

beecafe wrote: post #42
taylodl wrote: post #30

I feel like this is completely backwards. To me this feels like 'I love using this kind of hammer so let me find all the jobs where I can use this hammer I love to use.' I'm actually not interested (at least not primarily interested) in that. I'm more interested in what are you building? What problems are you solving? I'd rather search by that and then see what their tech stack looks like and filter down to the ones…

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new…

This is an interesting take to me, because it seems to be how many of my coworkers work. It's not how I think about things.

I enjoy technology, but it's hard for me to just focus on tech without a purpose for using it. All of the projects I'm proud of aren't because of the tools I used. Instead, I'm proud that I delivered something useful.

Yet, I still completely agree with your statements about "MBA puff". I've been on projects where they extol how valuable a project is going to be and it doesn't stand up to a minute of scrutiny. Other projects would be valuable, but never get into the hands of real users.

On the projects I'm proud of, I was directly working with someone who actually would benefit from the project. There wasn't a question of whether it was worth it. The users weren't puffing up the project to be more than it was. They have a job to do and I'm helping them do it better. Interestingly, this also meant that they didn't care how I approached the problem.

The real sweet spot for projects is where working on interesting tech goes hand-in-hand with delivering something useful.

Re: Show HN: Find companies with jobs using technologies you love

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Post by beecafe »

arcturus17 wrote: post #47
beecafe wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't care one mote about solving problems. I program because it's fun and I'm good at it, so I have no space for bullshit MBA puff like "solving problems" (it's not) "making people's lives better with technology" (it never has or will). So for me working in a place where I get to use the tools I enjoy is more important than whatever flavor of the week justification is given for the rent we are seeking from and new…

If software does not solve problems, what are you getting paid for, exactly? For the weight of the line of code?

You don't get paid for solving the problem, you get paid for transforming the problem using software such that people become dependant on software to "solve" it. Now you can charge them for it. You can also insert software into places where no problems have been yet identified, make them dependant on it and then charge them for it.
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