Thanks for adding a filter for contract vs full time work. This is a feature I really wish more job sites had.
Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
It's not the only determining factor, but seeing someone's code is the best way to know that they are good at it. And GitHub is the best place to publish code for this purpose. From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
> From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
You mean 99% of developers? There are very few companies who let you work on open source as part of your day job, and if a company only wants to hire devs who work on open source in their free time then I don't want to work for that company.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not the only determining factor, but seeing someone's code is the best way to know that they are good at it. And GitHub is the best place to publish code for this purpose. From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
> seeing someone's code is the best way to know they are good at it Depends on the context. I have lots of pure crap in my bitbucket and github accounts, because I tinker and explore outside of my day job. I even have one project that is almost complete (that is, it functions without bugs and doesn't make me want to scratch my eyes out when I look at the UI), but because I work on it for an hour here, an hour there,…
Showing that you tinker and explore outside of your day job is attractive to potential employers. The fact that the code isn't amazingly architected is not a negative.
> I have yet to see a job I'd be otherwise qualified for or interested in list "have a github profile with projects for us to look at" as a requirement, or even a nice-to-have.
Every job on this job board has such a requirement.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not the only determining factor, but seeing someone's code is the best way to know that they are good at it. And GitHub is the best place to publish code for this purpose. From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision.
> From a purely practical perspective, being a developer who exclusively works on closed-source code in 2014 is a bad career decision. You mean 99% of developers? There are very few companies who let you work on open source as part of your day job, and if a company only wants to hire devs who work on open source in their free time then I don't want to work for that company.
Most companies don't have you work on open-source as your primary job, but plenty allow you to do so as it affects your primary job. And plenty allow you to work on open-source in your down time.
If you have a job that's exclusively closed-source and with no down time there's a good chance that's a bad job. You have to think about your own career. Unless it's a prestigious position that will make you attractive to other employers, you have to consider that being isolated from the larger software community puts you at a disadvantage in the market.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#85Some of the fonts need adjustment, in particular the header and the titles in the search bar (screenshot from Firefox): http://imgur.com/VTLLn5I Also desperately needs a way to search or filter job listings by keyword.
Hi, what version of FF are you using? And thanks for the feedback. Yep, search is on the todo list.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#86Great concept, cool idea. Unfortunately: you hot link to google API, there's no search, and all of the jobs are web dev. The last one isn't really your fault I know, just a personal frustration.
Yeah, sorry about the lack of search and the hotlinking. I wanted to build this quickly and validate it before going any further. As for the job types, yeah I know - I have to admit that when I build this job board I initially had remote web developers such as myself in mind.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#87What would differentiate you against sites such as https://weworkremotely.com ?
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#88The job board is RemoteCoder but already looked at a Rails/EmberJS job posting and they are looking for candidates "hopefully" within 2 cities they mention and definitely within Australia. If a remote job board is to succeed, IMO, I think those posting should not be allowed.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#89I'd highly suggest making the posting companies list salary and/or equity ranges ala angelist. It sets expectations a lot sooner and cuts through a lot of bs for potential users. I'd also recommend, having some indication of the listing companies commitment to remote work. Joining a team who is new to remote as one of the only remote workers is not fun. Supplying a short poll to each job creation, that generates a re…
That's a really good idea, thanks :) it's on our todo list now.
Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers
#90The job board is RemoteCoder but already looked at a Rails/EmberJS job posting and they are looking for candidates "hopefully" within 2 cities they mention and definitely within Australia. If a remote job board is to succeed, IMO, I think those posting should not be allowed.
Just saw that myself, thanks for noting it. One feature I want to add at some point is the ability to "flag" a job ad as either misleading or inappropriate - but this would have to be implemented in tandem with basic CRUD functionality, in case the creator made an innocent mistake. In this case I shall contact them and find out whether the ad criteria needs to be adjusted.