RemoteHub

Learning and science

job directory database

SHOW HN2019

171points
38comments
#237of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

5 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.

Execution: 2 for, 6 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful, bookmark-worthy resource

    From 2 comments
    • Nice going. I'll definitely bookmark this.
      dentemple on HN
    • Very nice; bookmarked. Also found this one https://www.remoteonly.org/ interesting
      bharatmeda on HN

Objections

  • Data is incomplete or inaccurate, such as missing paid vacation info

    From 2 comments
    • Seems more like incomplete data. Spot checked a few of the "programming" ones that did not have "paid vacation" listed, and sure enough, they do (example:…
      atto on HN
    • That sound like very wrong. I know personally of at least one, that it's listed, uses good technology, is hiring(Elixir) and offers 28 days paid off. The only complaint about…
      duiker101 on HN
  • Unclear criteria for what counts as a remote company

    From 3 comments
    • One thing would be helpful is listing or explaining the criteria you used to call these "remote companies". One company that has onsite locations with teams that are remote or…
      SOLAR_FIELDS on HN
    • Remote companies and companies offering remote jobs are not exactly the same thing, I work in a remote job but my company isn't remote, what are the criteria here?
      realusername on HN
    • Mapbox is listed as a remote company, yet all their jobs are in SF or DC in their careers page. What is the criteria for a remote company ?
      dmode on HN
  • Some listed companies, like Mapbox, are not remote

    From 2 comments
    • Mapbox is listed as a remote company, yet all their jobs are in SF or DC in their careers page. What is the criteria for a remote company ?
      dmode on HN
    • Mapbox is not a remote company.
      whoisjuan on HN

Requests

  • Explain criteria for remote companies

    From 1 comment
    • One thing would be helpful is listing or explaining the criteria you used to call these "remote companies". One company that has onsite locations with teams that are remote or…
      SOLAR_FIELDS on HN
  • Add a mobile search result fix

    From 1 comment
    • Neat but tapping a search result doesn't do anything on mobile
      sitzkrieg on HN
  • Add data sources explanation

    From 1 comment
    • Where's the data taken from? Couldn't find any mention of this on the site.
      skilled on HN

Questions

  • Where does the data come from?

    From 3 comments
    • Where's the data taken from? Couldn't find any mention of this on the site.
      skilled on HN
    • A guess for my company is stack overflow company profile and/or job postings. The tech stack listed is, I believe, exactly what we list there.
      rsyring on HN
    • https://www.producthunt.com/posts/remotehub From the comments it looks like he's doing some of the data lookup manually, looking at twitter and so on.
      fouc on HN
  • How can a company fix its information?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • remoteintech/remote-jobs GitHub list

    From 1 comment
    • Related: https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs
      techaul on HN
  • awesome-remote-job list

    From 1 comment
  • remoteonly.org

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice; bookmarked. Also found this one https://www.remoteonly.org/ interesting
      bharatmeda on HN
  • nodesk.co remote companies

    From 1 comment
    • Also: https://nodesk.co/remote-companies/ and https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TLJSlNxCbwRNxy14Toe1PYwbCTY7h0CNHeer9J0VRzE/edit#gid=1279011369
      remotework on HN

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