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SHOW HN2016
747points
114comments
#11of 2,264 in 2016
Top 1%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
21 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 18 critical, out of 79 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 11 for, 2 againstDesign: 6 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 7 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-designed UI with useful filters
From 4 comments
Great! This is really helpful. UX really simple.
olakease on HNThank you! Well designed and very useful.
bryan11 on HNThis looks really cool.. UX is great!
whirl-wind on HNSick design mike - thanks.
galois198 on HN
Focus on companies rather than job listings
From 2 comments
This is great! I like that the focus is on companies (regardless of their hiring status), rather than job listings. When I started searching for remote positions a while back, I…
peterjmag on HNIf anybody ever needed an answer to the question "will my startup/product be useful for the world?", take a look at this example/product. This product doesn't seem like a…
phantom_oracle on HN
Objections
Site slow or stuck loading under HN traffic
From 3 comments
Not working on android chrome. Shows spinning disc but not responding to input.
bbcbasic on HNDoesn't seem to be working for me, all I see is a spinner...
SuddsMcDuff on HNIt's likely just falling down under the weight of HN traffic. I can't get the site to load at all.
feedjoelpie on HN
Remote labels like 100% remote may be inaccurate
From 3 comments
This is great. One question/comment: I'm a bit confused as to what "100% remote" means in this context. Github is listed as 100% remote, but I'm pretty sure it has an office.
treebog on HNOn the "Add Company" form, question 7 says: > Is the company fully distributed?* > This means all of its employees work remotely and the company does not have an office. So it…
jader201 on HNYes, Trello is also incorrect. It lists 51 people (Non-remote: 0), but they have a significant number of people working from their office in NYC. And 51 seems low...
krallja on HN
Timezone and region filters are too coarse
From 3 comments
This is great and thank you for making it. One suggestion: hiring region does not work as I would expect it to. If company is hiring worldwide, then surely it is also hiring in…
samastur on HNExactly. A timezone-range would be the preferred method. Countries are too limited and continents to broad as their timezone can range more than 4 hours.
namsral on HNWould be great if companies would list their preferred timezones, especially for non-US job seekers. Example: UTC-01:00 - UTC+02:00
namsral on HN
Requests
Free-text or tech search for technologies like Go, C++, .NET
From 3 comments
Don't you find the "Technologies" list quite limited? How one would search e.g. C++ jobs? Please at least provide a free text search.
zerr on HNProbably worth stealing from/working with the guys at http://www.golangprojects.com as they often have remote jobs and I note there's no golang on your tech filters.
hactually on HNCan you add asp.net into the technology filter please?
junto on HN
Timezone-based filter
From 2 comments
Exactly. A timezone-range would be the preferred method. Countries are too limited and continents to broad as their timezone can range more than 4 hours.
namsral on HNI would love to see a default column of 'authoratative timezone' or something like that. This is a very useful tool and would be better if I could look at companies that were on…
ElijahLynn on HN
Short description of each company's business
From 2 comments
A small tldr about what does a company do would be helpful. At least a filter which sector they operate in. Most of the names do not ring any bells for me, but usually I have a…
a_imho on HNThis is great! I would also like to see a short description of what the company does in the main list. It would make it faster for me to find relevant companies. For example, I…
rpedela on HN
Questions
How to add companies to the database
From 2 comments
DigitalOcean is missing from this, how to add companies to this DB?
AYBABTME on HNHow can we add to this?
sargun on HN
Whether there is an API or open data
From 1 comment
Given these already strong lists, I'm curious why OP decided to start another vs. build upon them. We've seen several emerge in the past year or two, though unfortunately they're…
tedmiston on HN
Alternatives named
RemoteOK
From 2 comments
Pretty confusing as someone who's familiar with NomadList and RemoteOK (both by the same developer and which this borrows heavily, visual-design wise...) That said, I like the…
namuol on HNVery nice, very beautiful but I find this of limited use. Firstly I have to look at every job page individually. So I'd rather look at remoteok.io for that. I guess this is good…
bbcbasic on HN
We Work Remotely
From 1 comment
This is nice, but just by reading the title I thought "wasn't there a few sites doing this already?" The top one coming to my mind at the time being (which I'm surprised to not…
haylem on HN
Who is Hiring threads and whoishiring.io
From 2 comments
I don't think it was already mentioned, but whoishiring also has filter for remote jobs https://whoishiring.io/search/30.864/-43.242/2/?remote=true (link set to filter remote…
jqb on HNIf anybody ever needed an answer to the question "will my startup/product be useful for the world?", take a look at this example/product. This product doesn't seem like a…
phantom_oracle on HN