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Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

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Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

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Hey - Nice Site.

I noticed the below vuln because you currently aren't filtering inputs sufficiently. The validation looked weak as it was rendering html, so I did a bit of testing and found you can run javascript hidden in an image tag like the below:

alert("XSS")"\>

You can see this running on the below:

https://www.careerfair.io/reviews/test

I suspect if I put this in the job name it might actually run the javascript when anyone visits the homepage?

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

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post #2

Hey - Nice Site. I noticed the below vuln because you currently aren't filtering inputs sufficiently. The validation looked weak as it was rendering html, so I did a bit of testing and found you can run javascript hidden in an image tag like the below: alert("XSS") "\> You can see this running on the below: https://www.careerfair.io/reviews/test I suspect if I put this in the job name it might actually run the javasc…

thanks for letting me know - yeah, I created this a while back and didn't sanitize inputs as well as I should have. will push an update to take care of this today!

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

#5
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I love the overall idea but the design on mobile is messy !

hey thanks for the feedback! yeah, I agree - I coded this from scratch (no templates etc) and this is one of my first projects. Definitely going to clean up design on mobile.

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

#7

Love this idea. Found myself reading several of the interviews. Only feedback is I wish they were longer, more detailed.

thanks for the feedback and glad you like the site.

that's the next step - Quarantine has given me more time to invest in this idea so I'm going to be amping up the quality of these interviews.

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

#8
Love the site. Read a few interviews. I agree with the comment about wishing the interviews were longer and more fleshed out.

Take for instance astronaut. Although it offered some nice antidotes, I still don't know what its like to be an astronaut.

From the interview:

> What was your biggest roadblock to becoming an astronaut, and how did you overcome it? ...Being able to be brave enough to actually apply. Too many people are too shy or afraid of failure. If there's something you want to do you just have to go for it.

That's a bit of a non-answer. It's like asking someone how they ran a 100 mile ultra-marathon, and they said "one step at a time!". I'd be more interested in the qualifications and skills they're looking for? What age are astronauts and where do they recruit from? How much time do you spend in space or otherwise away from your family. Are all the jobs clustered in one geographical location?

Also, I think you should make the About section feel a bit more personal. You linked to your personal twitter elsewhere but not in this page.

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

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post #8

Love the site. Read a few interviews. I agree with the comment about wishing the interviews were longer and more fleshed out. Take for instance astronaut. Although it offered some nice antidotes, I still don't know what its like to be an astronaut. From the interview: > What was your biggest roadblock to becoming an astronaut, and how did you overcome it? ...Being able to be brave enough to actually apply. Too many p…

Well, how can you expect an astronaut to have a good answer to the biggest roadblock? You need to poll some people who tried but failed to become astronauts. They would know more.

Re: Show HN: Career Fair – Learn about Jobs by People Who Have Done Them

#10
Love the idea! I read through VC Associate and had a couple ideas:

- A list of industry-specific terminology used in the interview at the top. I was unfamiliar with the concept of financial modeling, would have been nice to have a quick definition from the interviewee's own words.

- The ability for readers to ask followup questions (without the guarantee that they be answered) and/or a way to contact the interviewee directly in an anonymous way (definitely way beyond MVP, but it's fun to think about)

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