My weekend project, Remojōbo
Web and SaaS
job board
SHOW HN2013
150points
42comments
#128of 1,739 in 2013
Top 8%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
9 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Design: 2 for, 6 againstIdea: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple MVP design and focused niche.
From 4 comments
Dude, this is impressively MVP. Google forms for submitting, and just linking to a 3rd party webpage for actual job details. Awesome. Are you just manually updating the page by…
domodomo on HNI think this is just fantastic. Does it gather job listings automatically, or do people have to post them?
bambax on HNvery very nice!
hnwh on HNThere are many employment-related hashtags you can be using when you post to twitter that may increase your audience. I'm sure there are some for working remotely as well.…
acampbell28 on HN
Useful niche focus on remote jobs.
From 2 comments
It's great to see that you're focusing in on specific a niche, since that's where most of the money is in the job board industry and its the quickest way for you to attract an…
redmattred on HNThis is awesome....I would love to see 'contractor gigs' and other, highly curated, freelance gigs posted here. The good kind, not the crappy Craigslist variety.
marcamillion on HN
Objections
Background image makes text hard to read.
From 4 comments
The background makes the site almost unusable, at least for me. Using a background like the one on the box at the bottom would make the whole page a lot more readable.
obviouslygreen on HNI like how Patio11 is now a job title. I think the background makes the text a little hard to read though
jgh on HNAgreed. I think the OP should change the image or at least use a Gaussian blur on it.
vellum on HNJust tried it again. I think the problem is more with the fireplace and other stuff behind the text. The user's eye gaze is caught in a tug-of-war between the text and the…
vellum on HN
Fragments the job board market; aggregators already exist.
From 2 comments
I personally dislike the idea of (further) fragmenting things like job boards (or real estate listings, or travel fares, etc.) where breadth is critical. How is this better than…
BHSPitMonkey on HNThat's what http://jobmote.com/ does currently.
sandis on HN
Some listings were not clearly remote.
From 1 comment
First job I clicked on had this description: "Due to our rapid growth, we now need an in-house web developer. Initially we are looking to work together on a contractual basis (a…
hackingla on HN
Requests
Region filter for US, world or other.
From 2 comments
Suggestion: what do you think of making the poster mark a checkbox for US, World or Other/"Choose region"..? anywhere != anywhere in US
Buzaga on HNExcellent suggestion. I'd use this site if it had some kind of region filtering...
nagoff on HN
Aggregate remote jobs from other boards.
From 1 comment
I know ... another example of this: http://xkcd.com/927/. The hope is that, eventually, this would be a place where we could aggregate the remote jobs featured at the various job…
charliepark on HN
Add freelance and contractor gigs.
From 1 comment
This is awesome....I would love to see 'contractor gigs' and other, highly curated, freelance gigs posted here. The good kind, not the crappy Craigslist variety.
marcamillion on HN
Questions
Are listings added automatically or manually?
From 1 comment
I think this is just fantastic. Does it gather job listings automatically, or do people have to post them?
bambax on HN
How the initial inventory was gathered.
From 1 comment
Dude, this is impressively MVP. Google forms for submitting, and just linking to a 3rd party webpage for actual job details. Awesome. Are you just manually updating the page by…
domodomo on HN
Alternatives named
JobMote
From 2 comments
That's what http://jobmote.com/ does currently.
sandis on HNI prefer http://jobmote.com simply because of the interface.
glazskunrukitis on HN
Indeed
From 1 comment
Dude, this is impressively MVP. Google forms for submitting, and just linking to a 3rd party webpage for actual job details. Awesome. Are you just manually updating the page by…
domodomo on HN
Authentic Jobs, GitHub Jobs, Stack Overflow Careers
From 2 comments
I know ... another example of this: http://xkcd.com/927/. The hope is that, eventually, this would be a place where we could aggregate the remote jobs featured at the various job…
charliepark on HNHah, I was thinking to create exactly this, but changed my mind when StackOverflow Careers site introduced "Only telecommute jobs" flag in their filter.
zura on HN