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Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by RussianCow »

hiddentao wrote: post #49
jhuckestein wrote: post #12

I suspect you won't get much of an audience if you don't make it clear how much these jobs will pay. Reading some of the posted jobs, I can't tell if these are actual engineering jobs or $20/hr variety.

Sorry, that seems to be a problem on other similar job sites too. I haven't yet thought about how to solve that problem, any ideas are welcome! Plus, with contract work I've sometimes had to negotiate with a client - I thought it would be better to therefore leave that detail to when the employer is having a conversation with the candidate.

Displaying a range for the salary/rate is certainly a good starting point. Obviously the final number is going to be decided based on experience and after some negotiation, but at the very least I'd like to not waste my time applying for jobs that pay a maximum of $50k if I'm looking for a minimum of $75k.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by hiddentao »

hiddentao wrote: post #39
rakel_rakel wrote: post #13

Great initiative! It seems like remote working is becoming more of a thing lately, which I think is aweseome, after ~7 years in the it-business I've made myself the promise of never taking a mandatory 40h/week inside-the-office-job again. So kudos for helping getting remote offers out there. That said, I always cringe when I see the "employer confidential" flag on job postings... I for one would never apply for a job…

Glad you like it. I've been working independently for about 5 years now and never plan to go back unless it's something really special (maybe SpaceX's Mars project :). Even then I'd want to be able to work remotely. Point taken regarding company anonymity. Seems a lot of people have issue with that. I added that "feature" in just because I saw it on other jobs sites (e.g. authenticjobs) and felt that not having it wo…

Happy to say that as of now no new "Company confidential" job ads will appear on the site (existing ones will still remain until they expire). Company name and URL are now mandatory.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by albakes »

MCRed wrote: post #57
jcromartie wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the same time, some companies that formerly embraced remote employees have decided that it's better to have them under one roof. Recent notable examples: Yahoo and Reddit have told all of their remote employees to relocate or find a new job.

It's management instinct to want to see people. IF they can't see you, I think they feel that maybe you're slacking off. (Of course, the manager never sees you when you write a bunch of code in the middle of the night because you didn't get any real work done in the office.) These changes, particularly in the Yahoo case, reflect poorly on those managers in my mind, not on the concept of remote work. The ideal program…

I think it's more about cultivating culture. It's almost impossible to build culture with 80% of your staff working remotely on different timezones. There are ways around it but it's just way better to see your team.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by thirdtruck »

MCRed wrote: post #57
jcromartie wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the same time, some companies that formerly embraced remote employees have decided that it's better to have them under one roof. Recent notable examples: Yahoo and Reddit have told all of their remote employees to relocate or find a new job.

It's management instinct to want to see people. IF they can't see you, I think they feel that maybe you're slacking off. (Of course, the manager never sees you when you write a bunch of code in the middle of the night because you didn't get any real work done in the office.) These changes, particularly in the Yahoo case, reflect poorly on those managers in my mind, not on the concept of remote work. The ideal program…

If your primary cost is engineering staff, why would you make them %50 less effective when they're working and on top of that take 2 hours out of their day each day for a stressful commute?

Because the engineers are not the ones doing the accounting or managing. The accountants and managers do. It's similar to how social events tend to be planned by socially-focused people, which is how a shy and/or introverted person can end up being dragged to a noisy bar for their birthday.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by zerr »

hiddentao wrote: post #67
zerr wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OK, but why only this particular service? If you insist on having some "show me your code" requirement, why not support: bitbucket, sf.net, etc... ? and also just providing tarball of sources.

Very true. I was limited by time and also didn't want to add in more integrations until I obtained some feedback. At the moment RemoteCoder is a small experiment - now that I'm getting feedback I can take it in a more fruitful direction than I would have been able to otherwise.

As for the experiment, it would be much more interesting having a price $30-50 per posting instead of 0 for initial period ;)

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by aptwebapps »

hiddentao wrote: post #71
matheusd wrote: post #9

Tried applying. When logging in to github got an error: {"type":"Error","msg":"Hostname/IP doesn't match certificate's altnames"}

Thanks, this should now be fixed.

Getting this one:

    {"type":"MongoError","msg":"E11000 duplicate key error index: remotecoder.users.$email_1  dup key: { : null }"}

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by zerr »

hiddentao wrote: post #77
lucaspiller wrote: post #23

I started a blog similar to this the other month, however it didn't really get very far (like most side-projects :D). The main thing I wanted to differentiate with other remote job sites are that "remote" usually means "remote in the US". I wanted it to be focussed on jobs available to Europeans, hence the name RemoteTechJobs.eu. That was my first hurdle though, there aren't really that many remote jobs in Europe tha…

Very interesting points. To be honest I created this board out of similar frustrations (applying for a "remote" job ad only to find out that it meant within the USA only). I like your point about how job listing should work both ways - I think that SomewhereHQ comes close to doing this. Also, good job on getting RemoteTechJobs.eu up and running. Another reason I built the job board (and built it quickly in 2 weeks) w…

>To be honest I created this board out of similar frustrations (applying for a "remote" job ad only to find out that it meant within the USA only).

I had/have exactly this frustration. And I've had exactly same idea - create a job board explicitly for world wide remote jobs. Even created free account on redhat openshift with Golang toolset (I was also thinking to learn Go this way)... But then I got a new job :)

Anyway, wish you all the best!

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by jafaku »

hiddentao wrote: post #43
zerr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Advice: Please remove "Enforce Github authentication" functionality. Don't help popularizing "Github is your CV" bullshit. Also, since you're just starting, limiting your userbase is the last thing you want to achieve...

I added that in for 2 reasons: 1) I usually get client work based on my github profile, i.e. they like what they see there, and 2) nowadays almost every job ad I see looking for remote web developer asks for a github id. I appreciate that not everyone has or even cares about Github which is why it's an optional item when posting an ad. However, one of the differentiating factors of RemoteCoder is that it provides for…

You should rebrand it into GithubCoder then, because that's what it is. I for one only use Bitbucket.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by skizm »

Touche wrote: post #84
skizm wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision. You mean 99% of developers? There are very few companies who let you work on open source as part of your day job, and if a company only wants to hire devs who work on open source in their free time then I don't want to work for that company.

Most companies don't have you work on open-source as your primary job, but plenty allow you to do so as it affects your primary job. And plenty allow you to work on open-source in your down time. If you have a job that's exclusively closed-source and with no down time there's a good chance that's a bad job. You have to think about your own career. Unless it's a prestigious position that will make you attractive to ot…

> If you have a job that's exclusively closed-source and with no down time there's a good chance that's a bad job.

I guess that's where I disagree. I don't know how you can tie "ability to work on open source at work" to how good a job is. What does one have to do with the other?

Also, "down time" is just another way of saying "free time". If I have free time, I won't be in the office. Which brings me back to, I don't want to work at a company that only wants people who work on open source in their free time.

I really think the amount of open-source you work on has nothing to do with how good of a programmer you are or your work ethic. Which is why, for me, asking for a github profile is a red-flag when applying to jobs.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by akmiller »

hiddentao wrote: post #90
akmiller wrote: post #88

The job board is RemoteCoder but already looked at a Rails/EmberJS job posting and they are looking for candidates "hopefully" within 2 cities they mention and definitely within Australia. If a remote job board is to succeed, IMO, I think those posting should not be allowed.

Just saw that myself, thanks for noting it. One feature I want to add at some point is the ability to "flag" a job ad as either misleading or inappropriate - but this would have to be implemented in tandem with basic CRUD functionality, in case the creator made an innocent mistake. In this case I shall contact them and find out whether the ad criteria needs to be adjusted.

No problem and good luck with the site! It looks nice and I definitely hope to see more job boards focused on remote work only succeed!
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