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Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by ztratar »

mtrn wrote: post #24
ztratar wrote: post #2

Woah -- wasn't expecting the quick upvotes! :) Creator here (shamefully submitted myself, haha). Happy to answer any/all questions or ramble on and on about the problem. We basically think there needs to be a legitimately trustworthy service out there. Something that acts more like a a career coach instead of a position spammer. Something that understands your needs and specific situation. Along the lines of "doing t…

I'm in Europe - are you US-only?

Our expertise is in the US and we'll prioritize people in the US, but many of the things we teach through coaching are universal.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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aquadrop wrote: post #26
ztratar wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coaching remotely works for us!

What about remote jobs? Do any companies in your pool do that?

1) We don't have an companies in contract who are hiring for remote positions.

2) We'll still help you land a remote position.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by sageabilly »

Another question, are you guys aimed at programmers only or are you placing people who work in all aspects of software? I'm a business analyst/strategist in the tech sector but not a programmer- is that a position that you'd be able to help place?

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by Jemaclus »

ztratar wrote: post #12
suttree wrote: post #10

Very cool - small thing, there's a spello in the footer "We have helped place candidates at top technoogy companies and startups." Bigger thing, software jobs are pretty much all jobs, or do you mean tech jobs? Either way I like it, nice one!

Snap -- will be in the next push. We can help people understand the skills for all ranges of software jobs, but prioritize people looking in tech.

Also, "where you're at" is poor grammar. You could simply say "where you are." In general, you should probably avoid contractions (say "you are" instead of "you're").

Good luck!

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by edw519 »

ztratar wrote: post #30
edw519 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks Zach for doing this (both starting the company and coming here to Hacker News to answer questions). Based upon what you're seeing: 1. Please rank these in order of importance: - technical skill in one (or few) technologies - broad technical skills - years of experience - raw smarts & ability to learn - user/customer domain knowledge - soft skills (project mgmt, systems analysis, etc.) - cultural fit - attitude…

1. The importance there depends on the company. This is why we take a human-oriented approach, instead of just building a marketplace. We can understand the nuances of what different employers want better. Data models will follow, but we're hand picking the points to start. 2. Remember we're open to helping you get anywhere. We've placed people at both startups and large companies already, but most of our contracts a…

Thanks for the good quick answers.

Whenever you reach the point when you can use the point of view of a non-SV, non-tech industry programmer with heavy enterprise & SMB experience, let me know how I can help. Contact info in profile.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by ztratar »

sageabilly wrote: post #34

Another question, are you guys aimed at programmers only or are you placing people who work in all aspects of software? I'm a business analyst/strategist in the tech sector but not a programmer- is that a position that you'd be able to help place?

Ah, good question. Programmers for now -- sorry.

Our goal is to eventually scale the coaching model so it's financially sensible to expand into other positions and eventually industries. The expert network is a big piece of that!

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by ztratar »

fsk wrote: post #32

If it's free for candidates, how do you make money?

We have contracts with a certain number of companies and understand their needs the best.

When we see a candidate come through who is a shoe-in for a company on that list, we'll let the candidate know that's an opportunity for them but not pressure it. If they'd like to chat with the company, we'll make the intro. If not, cool.

Our model prioritized creating a trustworthy brand over everything else. Everything. Including revenue at this point. We'd much rather be the first place candidates think about heading when starting their job search than converting 20% more inbound.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by BinaryIdiot »

veeti wrote: post #29

The thin text is almost unreadable on Linux. https://i.imgur.com/XFTitdd.jpg

That's because the site is attempting to load the font over http and the site is hosted on https so I'm guessing your browser is blocking that.

It uses the Google Lato font for that text

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