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Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by yayajacky »

ghall wrote: post #36
gwbas1c wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that job openings are often for multiple locations. (You can work in our SF or NYC offices.) In general: Try to avoid organizing your data in hierarchies, and instead navigate by filters. (This is why SQL won over older hierarchal databases.)

We've also been talking about in organizing this into a SQL-like interface, I think there could be a lot of value in job hunting in such a manner... "SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE location = 'seattle' and keyword LIKE '%python%'"

If the keyword column is a json blob, you might be able to do it with JSON_CONTAINS:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/json-search-function...

(Unless you are using mongo on the backend, in which case I am not familiar with that)

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by random_kris »

If a hire is made, the employer will apportion the bounty to everybody who helped sourced the final candidate, so it pays to spread these links where appropriate.

I don't understand this part. So let's say I recommend someone to apply for a job. I get the bounty? Who else would it be shared with?

If someone else shares my link to someone and that someone gets recruited, how does the system know that someone else invited him?

Cool idea anyway

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by drefno »

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties.

You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years.

There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals.

There, I just saved you years of pointless effort. Expend your energy money time relationships and life on something else.

Unless of course you think you’ll be doing it right/better/different/with a twist/with better timing etc. in which case you must understand you should go straight to the very very large section of that startup graveyard dedicated to those who were smarter than all the others who tried, then pour your money into the next open grave.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by ghall »

drefno wrote: post #43

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties. You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years. There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals. There, I…

@drefno, you sound super-knowledgeable on the subject so I'd love to chat with you to learn from your perspective! Please shoot me a note at ghjobs@onymail.com

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by drefno »

ghall wrote: post #44
drefno wrote: post #43

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties. You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years. There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals. There, I…

@drefno, you sound super-knowledgeable on the subject so I'd love to chat with you to learn from your perspective! Please shoot me a note at ghjobs@onymail.com

Not sure what more needs to be said.... just look back at this post when you shut down your attempt in the future. You can then assist others who might be steering themselves into the same rocks by warning them as I have done here.

What questions do you have? Others might be interested in the answers.

If your question is “maybe our twist is new/different/better?” Answer is no.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by xmzx »

ghall wrote: post #9

@TaariqLewis, thanks for posting! Let's catch up soon! Team, I'm the author/owner of the repo and would be happy to answer questions. We were inspired by the concept some fellow MIT alumni used to win the DARPA red balloon challenge, using a Query Incentive Network to provide superior scale and reach with a distributed payout structure. Results have been very strong so far, here is some more detail on the theory: htt…

why no LA, lol

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by 6510 »

drefno wrote: post #43

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties. You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years. There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals. There, I…

Yes, it is a complex puzzle and yes many will try and fail to solve it. That doesn't mean the situation is hopeless. We only need 1 working Mr Fusion. Everyone else trying to build it can fail.

For example: Every company renting out its employees is taking the bounty. These bounties are enormous. I've had a job for years where I cost 12 times my before taxes pay. I've also had a short term job where I cost 15 times my salary. Previous employer took 100%, current one takes 80%. I think that bounty is much to large, it doesn't reflect the amount of effort rather how rare it is to have someone organize the hours properly AND keep employees working.

I think there is lots of room to redefine the relationship, offer a superior product at lower fees. If I'm paid 3 times my salary I don't mind not getting hours 50% of the time and be available 24/7.

Scripting the contract without bugs is really hard but who knows, the right guy might come along? 5000 Euro is nothing if you get a good employee for it.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by rajacombinator »

drefno wrote: post #43

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties. You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years. There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals. There, I…

Could you share the names of a couple of these startups? I believe you but I’d like to investigate what they did since I’m interested in this space.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by stared »

ghall wrote: post #9

@TaariqLewis, thanks for posting! Let's catch up soon! Team, I'm the author/owner of the repo and would be happy to answer questions. We were inspired by the concept some fellow MIT alumni used to win the DARPA red balloon challenge, using a Query Incentive Network to provide superior scale and reach with a distributed payout structure. Results have been very strong so far, here is some more detail on the theory: htt…

An interesting idea, but even with Markdown it is hardly readable.

Myself, I gathered a few lists, and what worked:

- bigger Markdown files https://github.com/stared/science-based-games-list

- YAML files(s), as in https://github.com/stared/interactive-machine-learning-list (see websites.yaml)

The first one is slightly better for seeing many positions than clicking on every single entry.

YAML was my second approach, and it worked even better - much easier to enforce a schema, a possibility to visualize however one wants, etc.

Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties

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Post by drefno »

rajacombinator wrote: post #48
drefno wrote: post #43

For the love of all that is sacred please no-one decide it would be a great startup idea to create a jobs site with bounties. You might think it’s an opportunity because you don’t see anyone else doing it. That’s because people have been doing trying and failing at this exact concept for at least 15 years. There’s a deep and wide startup graveyard dedicated specifically to job sites with bounties/referrals. There, I…

Could you share the names of a couple of these startups? I believe you but I’d like to investigate what they did since I’m interested in this space.

Google jobs referral bounty maybe also startup you could also search the wayback machine
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