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Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by gee_totes »

hiddentao wrote: post #2

Hi, 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 :)

I'm not sure if the github authentication is working. I go to Apply for this job, it takes me to github, I click authenticate, then I get this error on on the github_oauth_callback page on remotecoder.io:

{"type":"MongoError","msg":"E11000 duplicate key error index: remotecoder.users.$email_1 dup key: { : null }"}

(My github username is the same as my HN handle)

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by hiby007 »

chii wrote: post #28
lucaspiller wrote: post #23

I started a blog similar to this the other month, however it didn't really get very far (like most side-projects :D). The main thing I wanted to differentiate with other remote job sites are that "remote" usually means "remote in the US". I wanted it to be focussed on jobs available to Europeans, hence the name RemoteTechJobs.eu. That was my first hurdle though, there aren't really that many remote jobs in Europe tha…

agreed. Also, a price range wouldn't hurt.

I am getting this error.

{"type":"MongoError","msg":"E11000 duplicate key error index: remotecoder.users.$email_1 dup key: { : null }"}

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

#103

Post by gkop »

UX suggestion: some of your abbreviations introduce needless cognitive impedance. Expand "perm" to "permanent" and "cont" to "contract". It'll make it easier for users to parse the words. If you are worried about the expanded words taking up too much space, consider icons.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

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Post by sfteus »

hiddentao wrote: post #2

Hi, 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 :)

I see on the about page that you built the site with Waigo and Mongo. If you don't mind, could you go into a little bit of detail about the hardware you're running the site on? I had a similar scope site in mind (a few static pages and a form or two) and would like to get an idea of what it would take to run it with minimal issues or bottlenecks.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

#105

Post by larssorenson »

hiddentao wrote: post #86
larssorenson wrote: post #56

Great 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.

Which is totally fine! I'm more of a systems programming kind of guy, and it is still doable remotely. Just seems to be a distinct lacking of those job positions for remote work.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

#107

Post by dmix »

hilem wrote: post #41

I'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…

Indeed, companies should post remote work policies on their websites and job listings.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

#109

Post by gregjor »

zerr wrote: post #5
hiddentao wrote: post #2

Hi, 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 :)

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...

Seconded. I have worked remotely for years, I don't have anything on GitHub. My work is all for smaller companies that have proprietary systems, or boring web sites that pay the bills but don't generate any code I want to show off. No one ever asks for my GitHub profile when I am hired for a job -- the people doing the hiring are focused on whether I can solve their problem or not.

There's nothing wrong with having the GitHub account available for companies that want that, but using that as the only authentication and perpetuating the "GitHub is your CV" thing limits the site to that slice of companies and potential employees who know and care about GitHub -- mainly the startups you read about on HN. The other 95% of IT/tech jobs don't work like that.

Re: Show HN: RemoteCoder.io – A jobsite for remote programmers

#110

Post by Dewie »

gkop wrote: post #103

UX suggestion: some of your abbreviations introduce needless cognitive impedance. Expand "perm" to "permanent" and "cont" to "contract". It'll make it easier for users to parse the words. If you are worried about the expanded words taking up too much space, consider icons.

I'm pretty sure that shorter words (abbreviations) like that are easier to parse than the full version. Perhaps you were looking for the verb understand?
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