What would differentiate you against sites such as https://weworkremotely.com ?
or http://nomadjobs.io/ , its very interesting that they all are charging $200
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#12I suspect you won't get much of an audience if you don't make it clear how much these jobs will pay.
Reading some of the posted jobs, I can't tell if these are actual engineering jobs or $20/hr variety.
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#13Great initiative!
It seems like remote working is becoming more of a thing lately, which I think is aweseome, after ~7 years in the it-business I've made myself the promise of never taking a mandatory 40h/week inside-the-office-job again. So kudos for helping getting remote offers out there.
That said, I always cringe when I see the "employer confidential" flag on job postings...
I for one would never apply for a job (or even make the first contact) at an anonymous company. The demand for engineers seems to be high enough for me (anyone) to at least be able to check out the work of a potential employer before making contact.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Advice: Please remove "Enforce Github authentication" functionality. Don't help popularizing "Github is your CV" bullshit. Also, since you're just starting, limiting your userbase is the last thing you want to achieve...
Why do you think it's bullshit?
It's not that it's bullshit, it's just that it doesn't encompass everyone which was the parents point.
People who a) work on open source, or b) have enough free time that they're able to publish in their free time are the only people you want to hire? Great, have at it. But you'll quickly be wiping out a lot of people with experience behind them because they have a family.
Some of them would have been the type to actually write code in their spare time when they were younger, you know, before github was around and before they had kids, they're probably still smart, but github isn't their CV and may never be.
That said, code examples are a very nice thing to have, so it goes both ways.
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#15A good job board is often a by-product of an active community. Look for Stackoverflow, Github, and even the now defunct 37Signals Jobs (rebranded in WeWorkRemotely).
If you could build a community around it, then companies will be happy to pay (and I've learnt this lesson the hard way!). Follow petercooper suggestions and best of luck!
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#16{"type":"Error","msg":"Hostname/IP doesn't match certificate's altnames"} at linking my git
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#17great job on launching something! i'm working on something similar in this space. i think you will have a hard time attracting users (and therefore jobs), being that there are already remote job boards out there. chicken/egg markets are though to enter, thats why i'm trying a different angle with my project.
especially weworkremotely will be a though competitor, since developed by the guys from basecamp they get a lot of trust from companies, and having a book about remote work helps attracting visitors as well...
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Advice: Please remove "Enforce Github authentication" functionality. Don't help popularizing "Github is your CV" bullshit. Also, since you're just starting, limiting your userbase is the last thing you want to achieve...
Why do you think it's bullshit?
Lots of developers do really great work in their day jobs committing code to closed source projects, or have private projects in a different VCS/Git location (such as a personal GitLab install).
Whilst worthy, a developer's contributions to OSS or public code commits aren't the only determining factor of their quality/hireability.
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#19Hi, this is my first potentially revenue-generating project, that I built in 2 weeks. There are still a few features missing (e.g. CV upload) but the general functionality is there - including the Github authentication. Would love to hear what people think :)
Constructive feedback since you've asked... :-)
Please don't withhold hiring company names. Recruiters do this and usually it means they don't actually have a job and are just canvassing resumes. I don't wish to accuse you of what has become a standard way to bootstrap (fake it 'til you make it) but it leads me to believe the content is imaginary and the last thing people need when they're job hunting (and possibly severely strapped for income) is time wasting leading them down the garden path.
It's not only unprofessional, but I'd suggest borderline immoral. :-)
And if they are real jobs, the first question will be who is the company anyway.
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#20What would differentiate you against sites such as https://weworkremotely.com ?
I know that one thing I don't like about https://weworkremotely.com is that many of the listed jobs are not truly remote (they are limited to one country). At least on this board I can filter those out.