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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

#61

I know this beats the very premise of your product - "personalized" guidance but thought I would ask anyway. How open are you to sharing general guidelines (that are insightful and not already available everywhere) ? It would also help if you could ask the people who are successfully placed to write their learnings along the process. Similar to how the Insight data engineering fellow and others at coding schools shar…

We'll eventually run an entire blog series around general guidelines. :)

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

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post #62

Awesome! Are you willing to help someone from a classic engineering background transition to development and getting a more entry-level job? Or are your focus on already experienced developers working in the industry? Thanks!

We're open to both. We really want candidates who are going to push themselves and learn.

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

#64
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…

Your site jobstart.co has 6 trackers that are invading my privacy. Here are the URLs they hit:

s7.addthis.com

stats.g.doubleclick.net

s-static.ak.facebook.com

cdn.optimizely.com

2762420311.log.optimizely.com

cdn.segment.com

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

#65
"We work with top companies who pay us to specially refer them the best candidates. If we think you're good enough, we'll recommend them as a company for you to check out."

This sounds like a new twist on the same old recruiter workflow. Is that an unfair judgment?

Also, what if you don't think we are good enough? Do you still offer help?

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

#66

"We work with top companies who pay us to specially refer them the best candidates. If we think you're good enough, we'll recommend them as a company for you to check out." This sounds like a new twist on the same old recruiter workflow. Is that an unfair judgment? Also, what if you don't think we are good enough? Do you still offer help?

1. New twist on old recruiter workflow -- 100% correct. Making money sort of demands you fit into old models at least a little bit. Once we gain more traction, we can try out more daring things. Up until now, though, the main question was "do people want coaching?". We've found that answer. :)

2. If you're not good enough for those companies, we'll figure out why and still help you out. Granted, we won't help you for months and months -- but we're not going to leave you hanging there. We think helping everyone is going to build a strong brand and service.

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

#67
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…

Your site jobstart.co has 6 trackers that are invading my privacy. Here are the URLs they hit: s7.addthis.com stats.g.doubleclick.net s-static.ak.facebook.com cdn.optimizely.com 2762420311.log.optimizely.com cdn.segment.com

Sorry to hear your perspective on that.

1) Addthis is what we use for sharing. It's helped us a lot. 2) Google analytics puts in doubleclick. 3) Facebook sharing... yup. 4) We're currently running an A/B test with Optimizely. 5) Segment.io is a great analytics tool.

I'd recommend all the above services. That's my opinion on the above!

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

#69
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…

Your site jobstart.co has 6 trackers that are invading my privacy. Here are the URLs they hit: s7.addthis.com stats.g.doubleclick.net s-static.ak.facebook.com cdn.optimizely.com 2762420311.log.optimizely.com cdn.segment.com

Almost every company with a half decent optimization strategy will use similar sites to measure interactions and categorize users. Most of these measurements are things that a site could do on its own (like analyzing how effective a call to action is) but it makes sense time and cost wise to outsource to an expert.

If you're worried about this- use an adblocker or don't go to corporate sites.

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

#70
post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your site jobstart.co has 6 trackers that are invading my privacy. Here are the URLs they hit: s7.addthis.com stats.g.doubleclick.net s-static.ak.facebook.com cdn.optimizely.com 2762420311.log.optimizely.com cdn.segment.com

Sorry to hear your perspective on that. 1) Addthis is what we use for sharing. It's helped us a lot. 2) Google analytics puts in doubleclick. 3) Facebook sharing... yup. 4) We're currently running an A/B test with Optimizely. 5) Segment.io is a great analytics tool. I'd recommend all the above services. That's my opinion on the above!

The trouble with the FB button is that is lets FB track you just by visiting the page, even if you don't click on the button. You could use a non-JS version of the button, or use a "two-click" button that doesn't load scripts from FB until the user is ready to share something.
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