It's unclear from the post whether or not it's anonymous. I'd be more comfortable asking (and answering!) if I knew it was anon. Otherwise, it might be awkward, especially at a smaller company.
one of devs here...it's totally anonymous there's no login anywhere. Thanks for the feedback! please try it out and let us know :)
Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
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#42I LOVE the idea! How does the request function work? Can I put multiple company names separated by comma, or should I put one request per company I'm interested in chatting with?
Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
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#44So how does this work? How do I know the people you're chatting with are actual employees of the respective company? Details are very sparse on the site.
We have past/current employees who have agreed to help out on the site for now. We imagine that we will expose some cred/job status later to indicate what type of background they have. But the anonymous aspect is something we'd like to keep since people tend to be more honest. Any feedback about that would be great!
Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
because if someone said, hey go to this site "trycilantro" to help find jobs - I would immediately have an aversion to it and the likelihood of me going there would be lower. I would also have an aversion to try helping out on that site. You've lost ~10% of your client base right there.
Wow, that increased from 5% to 10% in half an hour! Or are you suggesting either that cilantro aversion is higher among tech workers, or that people who don't dislike cilantro will also be put off by the name? I think if Wii and iPad can get past those names then this'll be fine.
Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
We have past/current employees who have agreed to help out on the site for now. We imagine that we will expose some cred/job status later to indicate what type of background they have. But the anonymous aspect is something we'd like to keep since people tend to be more honest. Any feedback about that would be great!
How do employees sign up? Is that part still not open?
Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
#47What do you need to implement a website background like that? I want to work something like it for my website, minus the hairy arms :).
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#49Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
#50It's unclear from the post whether or not it's anonymous. I'd be more comfortable asking (and answering!) if I knew it was anon. Otherwise, it might be awkward, especially at a smaller company.
one of devs here...it's totally anonymous there's no login anywhere. Thanks for the feedback! please try it out and let us know :)