Love the concept and the site. Minor gripe though, that I also find in most job boards: searching for Scala also gets me all the entries with the word "scalable" in them :-(
Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
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Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#82I was going to make a snarky comment regarding if this site is for old geeks, then the blog should have an RSS feed, but if you go from the article to the blog's home page the RSS feed is there. :-)
Are you planning to open this up for areas outside the USA? (Australia here.)
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#83Just a idea which I am sure would be easy given what you currently have, femalegeekjobs.com
I don't think this should exist
I have to ask why?
I have a team of male devs, and for my last hire really wanted a female for a different perspective and help balance the team, however only received 1 not ideal female application.
At the end of the day, oldgeeks mean you are discriminating (filtering out the young), why should it not work on gender also? Its all just different levels of discrimination.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice catch, never thought about it. Is it more problematic with preffixes (vs. suffixes etc.) or should we generally avoid any random string? Appending a hash to the script is very convenient to force the download of the new version of an asset (but maybe we have better solutions now, haven't considered this issue in a while).
In your site's code, reference the asset in a path that includes the timestamp the asset file last changed. e.g. /js/1476929634/myscript.js instead of /js/myscript.js Then use your webserver to rewrite /js/ /myscript.js to /js/myscript.js
You can also do /js/myscript.js?v=1476929634 -- this generally works without any server-side changes. A CRC32 might work better, since controlling mtimes can be annoying.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#85@johnwheeler: Their loss for not hiring you.
I thought I was hot shit when I had 5 years under my belt, too, just like those whipper snappers. Took another 10 to recognize how full of shit that idea was.
I think there's a certain niche that wants to hire experienced, disciplined and reliable "old" geeks like you (or actual old guys like me...still grinding code at 50). Looks like you're going to own it. Well played.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#86Wow thats cool! How are you actually getting end user views? Is it through the PR articles or do you have a plan in mind?
What is a "faux price tag"? :-) .. how does it work?
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
In your site's code, reference the asset in a path that includes the timestamp the asset file last changed. e.g. /js/1476929634/myscript.js instead of /js/myscript.js Then use your webserver to rewrite /js/ /myscript.js to /js/myscript.js
You can also do /js/myscript.js?v=1476929634 -- this generally works without any server-side changes. A CRC32 might work better, since controlling mtimes can be annoying.
You can, but that can cause issues with browser caching (http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filename...) and in any case I prefer the cleaner urls :-)
Plus, once it's configured you never have to worry about it again.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
"The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment." [0] OldGeekJobs.com works since it's the reverse of this... essentially discriminating against younger candidates. It's not legal to discriminate against 40+…
It reverses it by discriminating against the young, fighting ageism with ageism. I didn't realise age discrimination against those younger that 40 was legal in the US. There are other countries where a "jobs for the old" site would most likely be illegal.
Except it's not jobs just for people who are older, it's companies explicitly saying they do not discriminate based on age. No one is saying they'll only hire someone 40+, unless they're looking for 20+ years experience which implies your age.
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#89FWIW, I just turned 70 and I'm still being offered more coding work than I want. It is VBA, though :)
Re: Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
#90I wish folks like Bray had championed this cause 20 years ago. It may not have done much, but... it feels a bit weird to hear old people complain about discriminatory impact. I can't say he was a contributing factor to the ongoing 'youth culture', but... it wasn't hard to see this coming. My situation may be somewhat unique, in that I've had grey hair since I was 18. Not a HUGE amount at 18, but... people noticed. By…
I have the same problem. I have more grey than not at this point and I'm only a hair past 30. I've been thinking about dying it for interviews but the moment it washes out people are probably going to be put off by the charade regardless if it's right or wrong. Not to mention it signals insecurity. So I'd have to dye it and stick with it which sounds like a real pain in the ass.