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Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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Pete, just a heads up your copy in the about says $50 for a post and the button says $99. I don't have particularly good input on which price point makes more sense but you probably want it consistent to avoid confusion.

That said, slick looking site. Best of luck.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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This is good, myself being a no CS degree who worked as a lead in a high performance company, I appreciate if more of those can surface.

But I made a comment on another job board show hn that's relevant here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20973309

> What's the relationship with the employers? I find the main issue with job website that are posted here is that there is usually zero relationship. Meaning it's mostly information copied from the career page of companies. That's why most these job boards disappear after a couple years.

> I suggest if you gather enough interest here today, use it to get actual connections with employers, even if it's a handful.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #21

Is this actually a problem still? I haven’t hopped around as much as most SWEs I suppose, but I’ve never faced an issue not having a degree in any of my previous hiring processes. I work at a large bank and we don’t screen candidates for degrees.

Currently finishing up a job search and I've gotten some disappointed looks and noticed some cooling of tone when its revealed that I have a humanities degree. It's not super common (maybe 1/5 interviews?) but it is deeply frustrating given that it's on my CV.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #16

$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.

That's peanuts compared to the 15-30% of salary a recruiter will charge

Exactly.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #16

$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.

How much do you spend on recruiting? Genuine question. I was told to price it at that by someone who is a self-taught developer at a fairly small company in America and he said even that was cheap.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #11

If you're going to hire a developer for their first job, don't think twice. Developers without degrees are better than developers with degress in 100% of the cases. If they don't have a degree that means they've learned something without being forced to, they love the subject and are genuinely interested.

Yeah, I have to be honest. If you've taught yourself to code whilst working as a waitress you are going to be motivated like hell!

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #16

$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.

Similar niche job boards charge many multiples of $99 to list an open position.

Re: Show HN: I made a jobs board for developers without degrees

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post #16

$99 to post a job? I want a developer, but I won't pay that price ever unless I need dozens of developers and I'm posting on a big site with big audience.

Most devs would never knowingly work for someone cheap enough to not put any resources into getting quality employees.
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