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Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by ghall »

ghostoftiber wrote: post #31

Who "owns" the repo? Why have this structure compared to linkedin jobs or whatever?

I am the owner of the repository, and it is released under the MIT license so anybody is welcome to clone it if they wish to make their own adjustments.

The logic behind the github interface is articulated in this blog post: https://blog.rezscore.com/job-bounty-share-github-repo-78cba...

There are many great UX for finding jobs. For my case, I get things done a lot faster on the command line so I would personally prefer such an interface for browsing jobs, and judging by the reaction to this post it seems others might agree.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by ghall »

jedberg wrote: post #30
jonbarker wrote: post #28

@ghall Is there a planned feature where one might generate a list of the most frequent keywords and market needs to guide one's self study efforts?

Seems like it would be a good exercise to clone the repo and build the script yourself. Then you could even submit a pull request to put the script in the repo.

@jedberg nailed this while I was waiting for my HN rate limit to cool off. @jonbarker, yes, this is intentionally a bare-bones alpha, we are hoping to move into this sort of direction based on feedback from the community.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by gwbas1c »

ghall wrote: post #25
gwbas1c wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there an easier way to read the job postings? Overall, the repo is very easy to navigate. The challenge is that the .txt files aren't .txt files. They're markup. Perhaps: - Use an extension other than .txt to communicate that it's markup - Generate a website where these postings are easier to read

Thanks for the tip -- another user commented this as well, so we switched over to .md Markdown format. Shoot us a note and let us know if this looks better.

Significantly easier! Thanks!

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by ghall »

gwbas1c wrote: post #24
ghall wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! Would it be more helpful to break this into separate repos by every geography? We have a "remote" folder at the moment: https://github.com/zcor/githubjobs/tree/master/remote

The problem is that job openings are often for multiple locations. (You can work in our SF or NYC offices.) In general: Try to avoid organizing your data in hierarchies, and instead navigate by filters. (This is why SQL won over older hierarchal databases.)

We've also been talking about in organizing this into a SQL-like interface, I think there could be a lot of value in job hunting in such a manner... "SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE location = 'seattle' and keyword LIKE '%python%'"

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by gargs »

Thanks for the effort! It looks amazing.

I do hope that more remote opportunities are posted. I am an iOS developer who has worked remotely for the last 5 years, but increasingly noticing the trend towards fewer remote opportunities. In the age of constant high-bandwidth video communication you'd imagine that the reverse would hold true.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

#38

Post by ghall »

gargs wrote: post #37

Thanks for the effort! It looks amazing. I do hope that more remote opportunities are posted. I am an iOS developer who has worked remotely for the last 5 years, but increasingly noticing the trend towards fewer remote opportunities. In the age of constant high-bandwidth video communication you'd imagine that the reverse would hold true.

One person has already reached out about posting a lot more remote jobs, so make sure to subscribe/follow the repository so you will get updated as new jobs are posted.
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