Jobstractor
Web and SaaS
job board
SHOW HN2011
220points
63comments
#26of 1,097 in 2011
Top 3%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 7 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Design: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 7 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that fills a real job-hunting gap
From 4 comments
This is crazy good! A common complaint is that it's hard to find out about new openings because they're often pushed through your social networks. Directly mining the social…
phillmv on HNAnd as someone who might be hunting for a job, I hate having to comb through twitter and the thousands of daily posts to make sure I don't miss a job opening. I stopped following…
Periodic on HNHi HN. I'd really like to get anyones feedback on this. It's still a little rough around the edges but my main question would be Is this useful? Or could it be with a tweak or…
robinwarren on HNThis rocks. I've been looking for a better way of job hunting in specific areas. Are you planning on a mobile friendly version in the future? I would love to help! miles.matthias…
miles_matthias on HN
Clean interface and good starting point
From 2 comments
Nice fresh interface, I like what it has to offer as a starting point this could be massive. It looks like it will evolve into something very special.
akitto on HNI see a lot of ideas come through through here and very few of them either put a smile on my face or have me thinking I'm going to use that, or it at least needs book marking.…
rjd on HN
Objections
Posts shown are often expired or old
From 2 comments
Definitely need to show how old the tweet is in days. Every job I clicked on was expired. I do feel that you have built something quite useful.
rmason on HNSomething's borked with your date filtering, because I saw at least one tweet from Oct. 1.
chc on HN
Locations are vague or grouped incorrectly
From 2 comments
Nice idea, and works well. The first tweet is a RT from a fellow student at RISD who I didn't even know had a Twitter. Some feedback: The second tweet that comes up for me…
artursapek on HNI like this. As someone said, normalizing locations like the 3 variations of Boston would be a plus. Also, The locations could be refined. I see a lot of them being listed under…
yariang on HN
Noisy results from non-job tweets
From 2 comments
It looks like you have some room to refine your searching / filtering. I'm in the Seattle area and it's picking up some noticeable noise. e.g.: "Tacoma cannery property to be…
TheTarquin on HNIt is useful and is something I'll keep an eye on if any roles come up. One suggestion - a hide and/or mark as spam button would be useful. I noticed a "work from home" spam job…
brownie on HN
Map view and search are buggy or unhelpful
From 3 comments
I'm finding that in the latest Chrome beta (unsure on other browsers) that the map functionality isn't that great. Moving outside the initial zoom area requires a re-search to…
tibbon on HNI tried entering "Mountain View, CA" into the text field in the upper left, and hit Enter, and nothing happened. I tried this in Safari, Chrome, Firefox. Seems broken to me. Am I…
drewolbrich on HNWhen I view the listings on the map, the markers need to display an infowindow when clicked.
p_monk on HN
Requests
Show tweet age and link to original tweet
From 3 comments
Looks like a good start to something potentially very useful. Some suggestions: I'd like to see how old a tweet is. I don't have any idea how fresh some of this information is…
tednaleid on HNLooks useful to me! I would like to see when the tweet was made, a link to the actual tweet, and the option to change location/filter by keyword. Edit: I see that you can already…
oscardelben on HNDefinitely need to show how old the tweet is in days. Every job I clicked on was expired. I do feel that you have built something quite useful.
rmason on HN
Make links in tweets clickable
From 3 comments
Nice. You need to linkify the tweets so users don't need to copy and paste the URLs to the actual job posts.
casey on HNAlso, per the twitter developer guidelines, you need to parse the tweets and make all links, hash tags, and usernames hyperlinks back to twitter for those individual items. I…
akmiller on HNLooks great, only suggestion so far is to: hyperlink any links in the tweets.
latch on HN
Filter by keyword and radius
From 3 comments
Looks like a good start to something potentially very useful. Some suggestions: I'd like to see how old a tweet is. I don't have any idea how fresh some of this information is…
tednaleid on HNLooks useful to me! I would like to see when the tweet was made, a link to the actual tweet, and the option to change location/filter by keyword. Edit: I see that you can already…
oscardelben on HNIf I search for 'clojure' none of the links have Clojure in them. Does it only search for location or can you search for keywords?
icefox on HN
Group results by location
From 2 comments
Cool idea! I'll be sure to bookmark it... Here's my $0.02: - Typo in the about page : "As weel..." - I'd change the 1st 2 paragraphs in the about section to "Jobs Tractor looks…
slindstr on HNVery nice. Have you considered grouping the related locations instead of listing all the locations? For example, group "Greater NYC Area", "NYC", "New York, NY" under one section…
neovive on HN
Add designer, tech, or telecommuting job filters
From 3 comments
Cool beans. Can you expand it to have an option for designer jobs?
reneherse on HNYeah! Or maybe, once you get the initial tweaks here worked out, tech jobs in general — with either categories or tags to filter to what's relevant for an individual user. Would…
davers on HNWhat about job listings that allow telecommuting?
davers on HN
Questions
Is this useful, or could it be with a tweak?
From 1 comment
Hi HN. I'd really like to get anyones feedback on this. It's still a little rough around the edges but my main question would be Is this useful? Or could it be with a tweak or…
robinwarren on HN
Does search filter by location, keyword, or both?
From 1 comment
Cool idea! I'll be sure to bookmark it... Here's my $0.02: - Typo in the about page : "As weel..." - I'd change the 1st 2 paragraphs in the about section to "Jobs Tractor looks…
slindstr on HN
Alternatives named
Twitter search and manual following
From 1 comment
And as someone who might be hunting for a job, I hate having to comb through twitter and the thousands of daily posts to make sure I don't miss a job opening. I stopped following…
Periodic on HN