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Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by T-hawk » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 2:45 AM UTC

A few random site comments:

- Posting a picture is a legal minefield for US employers. Companies literally don't want to know anything about your age/race/sex at the screening stage for fear of a discrimination lawsuit. The only safe policy is to ignore/reject all candidate applications with a picture. (It's not illegal for the employer to know or even ask, but it's illegal to make decisions based on such information, and the best way to convince a belligerent labor attorney that a decision wasn't discriminatory is to never possess the information in the first place.)

- The salary box has a hilarious pair of up/down arrows for increments of 1. Yeah I'm going to click 110,000 times to enter my desired salary. :)

- Am I blind or is there nowhere to list skills/responsibilities/experience under the work experience section? Or is that the point, to avoid that stale format?

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by libria » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 3:08 AM UTC

axlerunner wrote: post #8

The name sucks. Makes me feel like cattle on the block.

Funny, I feel the opposite. The cow is voluntarily auctioning itself and directly receives the proceeds.

If you're lucky enough to arrange all your offers to fall within the same time frame maybe you can play a couple against each other and even then you can only go back and forth a few times.

Here, you automatically get a group of companies simultaneously competing for you. Is that not desirable?

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by mkoble11 » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 4:30 AM UTC

T-hawk wrote: post #61

A few random site comments: - Posting a picture is a legal minefield for US employers. Companies literally don't want to know anything about your age/race/sex at the screening stage for fear of a discrimination lawsuit. The only safe policy is to ignore/reject all candidate applications with a picture. (It's not illegal for the employer to know or even ask, but it's illegal to make decisions based on such information…

"Posting a picture is a legal minefield for US employers."

What about all the recruitment done via Linkedin? Many people have a photo of themselves there.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by blader » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 4:30 AM UTC

robomartin wrote: post #38

Why are recruiter fees so ridiculously high? I've been on both sides of the equation. I've used recruiters to try and find people and have used recruiters to try and find work. On the receiving end it is always shocking to see someone ask you for a $25K fee to hire a $100K employee. I'd rather give the employee more money. At best a recruiter should be perfectly happy with a 5% finder's fee. Why are they asking to ge…

Because they don't get paid if you don't make a hire. If you can find a good recruiter to work with, then they could end up working for you for months or even years, with a chance of never getting paid.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by tymekpavel » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:14 AM UTC

iamleppert wrote: post #37

I would recommend steering clear of these guys. They spammed me several times, at work, trying to get me to join their site. Although the founder professes they "are not your typical recruiter sending unsolicited emails". On the surface it sounds like a good idea, but it is nothing more than lipstick on a pig, plain old recruiters. You're better off using multiple recruiters, who will expose you to many companies and…

I completely disagree. I had an incredible experience with DeveloperAuction, and am currently working at a company that made a six-figure offer through their platform. Not only did I get a sizable bonus, but they also supervised negotiations every step of the way, with Matt Mickiewicz getting personally involved.

They also sent me a gift basket, which didn't hurt.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by csense » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:51 AM UTC

sandis wrote: post #2

Developer Auction now accepting developers from all backgrounds in the USA

I'm guessing that offering the service to other countries -- with different employment law, taxes, contracts, immigration, etc. -- means a ton of red tape this service has to navigate. Not dealing with it until they get a revenue stream from US business and can afford to pay experts to examine these rules closely sounds like a great strategy.

Yes, it's not fun if you're non-US and you want to take advantage of this service. I'm sure that, if it's a viable way to match employers with employees, someone will eventually get around to providing the service in your country.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 6:40 AM UTC

iamleppert wrote: post #37

I would recommend steering clear of these guys. They spammed me several times, at work, trying to get me to join their site. Although the founder professes they "are not your typical recruiter sending unsolicited emails". On the surface it sounds like a good idea, but it is nothing more than lipstick on a pig, plain old recruiters. You're better off using multiple recruiters, who will expose you to many companies and…

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Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by pairing » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 7:34 AM UTC

I applied when the site first launched, but my profile is still being approved... It would be nice if they had a section to highlight side projects. Most of my software work out side of my day job is in side projects, and not open source.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by cmccabe » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 9:52 AM UTC

T-hawk wrote: post #61

A few random site comments: - Posting a picture is a legal minefield for US employers. Companies literally don't want to know anything about your age/race/sex at the screening stage for fear of a discrimination lawsuit. The only safe policy is to ignore/reject all candidate applications with a picture. (It's not illegal for the employer to know or even ask, but it's illegal to make decisions based on such information…

- The salary box has a hilarious pair of up/down arrows for increments of 1. Yeah I'm going to click 110,000 times to enter my desired salary. :)

You have to work for it!

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by allangrant » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 10:41 AM UTC

pairing wrote: post #68

I applied when the site first launched, but my profile is still being approved... It would be nice if they had a section to highlight side projects. Most of my software work out side of my day job is in side projects, and not open source.

The summary field is the best way to talk about your side projects. And it takes markdown. :)