Is there any other reasonable purpose for this repo than generating traffic to the affiliated website?
A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
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Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
@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.
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Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#53@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
Stay tuned, we talked with somebody earlier through this who has some LA jobs to add, probably next week.
Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#54Is there any other reasonable purpose for this repo than generating traffic to the affiliated website?
I can provide at least two reasons this repo will benefit people even if they do not wish to use our website.
For one, job seekers will benefit by knowing which companies are hiring, so applicants can try their luck at disintermediating us and taking their chances directly on the company websites. We'd argue that applicants will have more success through the direct relationship we've cultivated, but the option exists in the current incarnation.
Second, this repository will hopefully evolve into a very useful resource as job hunting evolves. If this happens, our codebase could become a great template and readily forked to create additional job resources, even competing ones, since we are releasing this under the MIT license.
That said, of course I'd love it if even more people use https://rezscore.com/ -- our team are building incredible tools to improve the job search process.
Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#55@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, a…
Thank you for sharing, I like the YAML approach and we'll work on this next
Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#56Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#57If 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 invi…
We track what we are able to practically track. So if you send your link out and I join the site through your link... then I refer a candidate, you would be eligible to receive half of my earnings for the initial referral.
As a practical matter, people are finding it confusing so we are moving to more straightforward criteria
Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#58For 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.
Here’s another such site from 3 days ago on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22028572
Search HN for jobs referrals bounties to find many more:
It’s an idea constantly being reinvented and failing.
Re: A GitHub repo of jobs listings with bounties
#59I love it - any restrictions on setting up an ad program on my blog and feeding candidates into the process? (I've got a relevant audience, so not spam)
None at all, in fact we can help you get it set up. Shoot us an email at ghjobs@onymail.com
I'll be in touch (sorry, wandered off to deal with life)