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Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by city41 »

Khao wrote: post #50
nawitus wrote: post #33

a track record of getting stuff done I wonder how one can prove to have a track record of getting stuff done. If we exclude hobby projects / open source contributions, I have no idea how I could show any kind of track record. I'm not allowed to talk about the projects I do at work, for example, and I don't have time or motivation for hobby projects after work.

That's the same Catch-22 situation I'm in. I'm trying to find work and eveyrwhere I look it's "We want to look at your Github profile and open source contribution!" Fuck. I don't have any of those because I mostly code at work and if I do stuff at home it's very unprofessional and only for personal use. I don't have time to contribute to open source and frankly I don't even want to but that doesn't make me less of a…

The reality is most of your competition does have side projects. It's an unfortunate reality of this industry. I've been on both sides of the equation and it's definitely true that having an active github and StackOverflow profile is very helpful :-/

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by jusben1369 »

redblacktree wrote: post #66
netcan wrote: post #55

This is a more general comment about job postings in general - Why are salary ranges so seldom listed. If you look at a lot of leading job boards even the company name isn't listed (recruiters). Isn't salary a basic piece of information that every job listing should have?

Do you think there is an opportunity here, to create a job board that _requires_ salary information?

I noticed AngelList is doing some cool things here. From their jobs page:

Browse Secretly · No Middlemen · See Salary Upfront

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by ezequiel-garzon »

pa5tabear wrote: post #58
bbx wrote: post #47

I've been searching for a remote job for the last few months. This site comes in really handy. Listing remote jobs isn't new (for example, Authentic Jobs has a clear call-to-action to filter them), but focusing on them is interesting. What I've learned so far is that a remote job is not exactly what I thought it was. Considering the mostly globalized state of the web (and even the internet), I thought "remote" meant…

What's so difficult about New York? What job level are you searching for?

Probably work permits. Working in London for a EU citizen presents no hurdles at all. (Well, for French citizens, anyway. As of 2013, anyway.)

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by [deleted] »

pa5tabear wrote: post #58
bbx wrote: post #47

I've been searching for a remote job for the last few months. This site comes in really handy. Listing remote jobs isn't new (for example, Authentic Jobs has a clear call-to-action to filter them), but focusing on them is interesting. What I've learned so far is that a remote job is not exactly what I thought it was. Considering the mostly globalized state of the web (and even the internet), I thought "remote" meant…

What's so difficult about New York? What job level are you searching for?

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Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by laureny »

jusben1369 wrote: post #80
RyanZAG wrote: post #8

Browsing through these jobs is enough to kill your faith in humanity. I don't think I saw any I'd want to work for regardless of salary. Cases in point: We're looking for a younger developer ... There will be no compensation for this job https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/20 You will be working with interesting people, namely me. https://weworkremotely.com/jobs/10 EDIT: I take back the initial statement, there are a lot…

"We're looking for a younger developer" - it's probably important to point out it says "junior developer" Discriminating based on skills is fine. Doing it by age is very problematic.

I'm guessing they are saying this because younger people are more likely to work for free.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by bluishgreen »

hornbaker wrote: post #74
bluishgreen wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

netiquette: downvote must be followed by a comment.

It wasn't me, but let me try to help - maybe your comment was posted to the wrong story?

oops, thanks. that works much better.

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by laureny »

mhurron wrote: post #76
netcan wrote: post #55

This is a more general comment about job postings in general - Why are salary ranges so seldom listed. If you look at a lot of leading job boards even the company name isn't listed (recruiters). Isn't salary a basic piece of information that every job listing should have?

They keep it hidden for several reasons, though in reality they boil down trying to pay you as little as possible. -They hope to wow you with the position so you'll accept a pay lower than you wanted. This doesn't work when the salary range is listed up front and is so low you won't bother to respond. -They're going to base their offer on how much you make now. This works when you're trying to move up in your career,…

Good points, but personally, I have never played along with the "We'll pay you just a bit more than what you are making right now".

When the question "How much do you make right now?" comes up in an interview, I answer "How much I make right now is irrelevant, here is how much I want if I'll be working for you" (said with more tact, obviously).

Re: We Work Remotely – New Job Board from 37 Signals

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Post by jmadsen »

bbx wrote: post #47

I've been searching for a remote job for the last few months. This site comes in really handy. Listing remote jobs isn't new (for example, Authentic Jobs has a clear call-to-action to filter them), but focusing on them is interesting. What I've learned so far is that a remote job is not exactly what I thought it was. Considering the mostly globalized state of the web (and even the internet), I thought "remote" meant…

This, and why this new site might be a little frustrating to use. I search for 100% remote work, no office visits, no timezone restrictions. Not having that info right on the main listing means I need to click each one to read what the restrictions are
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