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1) LinkedIn syncing does not seem to work, had to enter everything manually.
2) required entry of end date of your current employment in the experience section
3) Spelling and grammar errors (e.g. "Freelancng")
"Pass our screening" -- I both like this, and do not like it. While I agree that not everyone is made for remote work, most of the skills to communicate and work effectively when remote can be taught. So what are you screening for? The underlying personality traits that make or break working remotely? Or the learn-able skills? Also, while not as important, it is worth noting -- for people like myself who have been wo…
May I ask, how do you find working remotely? I imagine the freedom aspect is nice, and the fact that you don't have to spend x mount of hours every week commuting, but were there other deciding factors in your case? Would you recommend a remote job over a job "on-site"?
I lived in the middle of the city because I hate commuting. Stop and go traffic sucks the life out of me and the stress of making connections on public transportation created terrible bookends to each day so I always tried to live as close to work as possible. Having a remote job allowed me to move out on the exurban edge where I have a much larger space, it's quieter, and I'm close to the mountains so in the summer I can get in a hike after work when I want. I would have gone further out but internet connectivity quickly goes from 1Gig down to unreliable 30Meg on DSL with a small band of 300Meg service in-between.
I do still make it a point to go out and socialize, which does get more challenging being in a less dense area where I haven't lived long enough to build up social connections. As far as work goes, most of the time it is better but being able to get a group together around a whiteboard can't be beat. Remote collaboration tools are constantly getting better and there are some pretty nice electronic whiteboard tools that would be great to have but the expense right now is too high. Hopefully in the years to come the price will go down. Overall I find working remotely to be one of the best benefits of my current job.
"We will review your profile and ask you to submit a short video to ensure that you have good fit with working remotely." Why is a video needed? Seems counter-intuitive; someone's age, appearance, and presentability are probably less important in full time remote work (should never be a factor in any job, but the reality of course is that there is a likability factor for on-site workers). The only thing I can think o…
Probably avoiding people presenting themselves as a skilled Dev but actually being a dozen folks in sweatshop.
Similarly, some people will interview well, know all the right answers, and then sell or outsource the job to someone who will do it for less.
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It really depends on the person. Some like it, some don't.
I worked remotely for 10 years, then for the last five have been on-site. Now my company may send me back to remote work because of space constraints. I'm not sure how I feel about it. In some ways I'd love to go back to remoting because it offers a lot of freedoms that can't exist in an office with other people. But the last five years have taught me that there is a lot of value in structure, routine, and especially…
I agree, but structure and routine can certainly exist remotely, and while physical presence is great, remote video calls aren't a bad 2nd place. You just need a team culture where poking someone on Slack and asking if they have a few minutes to chat is a normal thing. I'm on and off calls with various members of my team all the time.
Is there a way to see potential job descriptions before signing up?
You don't see the job descriptions - the companies see your profile and get in touch. This approach is better for the developers, you don't need to make lots of applications, just 1 profile.
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The recruiter fees start at 20%, and they are usually 30%+. Also, with our service, the companies get instant access to lots of pre-screened developers, which they don't with recruiters.
Pre-screening is nice, but not much of a value add. Sourcing candidates is the hard part, and this service can only present the candidates that have entered profiles. No outreach, no advertising at any level. Perhaps C-levels are 20%, or maybe in the Bay Area, but the standard elsewhere is 15%.
Of course YMMV.
If it's up to me, I'm going to be a remove senior dev for the rest of my life. No more offices.
There is absolutely no need. I work on very complex projects and am disciplined, but outside of that there is nothing special required. I discuss issues via Slack, we have occasional team video/voice chats when discussing issues that involve the whole team, and then carefully track issues in JIRA.
Can I play video games all day? Yes, and if the work doesn't get done I'll be fired. It's the same as being in an office. You get assigned work, you either do it or you don't do it, and if it's good and ready when it's due you either do more work or you're fired.
Zero issues with any of it ... and I'm not going back.
Once a value in the "city" line of salary selection is selected, I can't unselect it. If all I want is remote work, and I accidentally click that line there is no way (that I found) to undo it. Except for starting over. Which I did.
I'm interested in what you do for a "profile review".
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"We aim to bring all of those companies on our marketplace" Sounds like they are not working with them at all, but want to. If I were them, I'd be worried about those companies coming down on them for mis-use of their logos.
Ah, I skimmed over that. Looks like this site is going to be a hard pass for me. Questionable ethics touting companies like that.
Site has spelling errors, you sign in with linkedin.. but, you still have to enter all your details (job experience, skills, etc).
There's no way to change your email address, or delete your account. When you click on 'contact', you have to use email.. they don't have a build in messaging app.
I'm guessing it's very much a work in progress. Which is fine, but ... not for me yet.