Mighty Spring
Web and SaaS
recruiting marketplace
SHOW HN2014
159points
54comments
#153of 2,272 in 2014
Top 7%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
12 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Design: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
UI and user experience are fluid and impressive.
From 4 comments
Holy shit, the UI is really impressive. Genuinely impressed with your front-end engineering! It was insanely fluid, I kept thinking how much better it is compared to most native…
seivan on HNI am honestly, honestly blown away by the user experience! Amazing walk through; at no point did I feel anything as a chore. Very well executed indeed. Kudos to the team.
davyjones on HNExcellent! I will definitely keep checking in. In the meantime, the interface is just gorgeous and very intuitive. Keep up the great work!
seanperryman on HNIncredible UI, I signed up even though I'm based in Spain and it seems targeted towards the US. Great fluid sign up experience!
scalesolved on HN
Team is responsive and friendly to feedback.
From 3 comments
Mighty spring has pinged me for feedback a few times. They're extremely quick to fix things and will sometimes explain why something is a particular way at the moment. I happily…
FLUX-YOU on HNI've been using the service for a few weeks now. It was interesting that you can set yourself as not actively seeking. It integrates smoothly with Git-HUb, Linked-in, and Stack…
tomwritesjs on HNI tried this a few months ago and didn't have any luck at all with matches. Maybe I was doing something wrong. The team however was friendly and very responsive to feedback.
Ave on HN
Objections
Fees seem high compared with recruitment agencies.
From 1 comment
Looks potentially interesting, but the fees seem awfully high for an automated matching service compared to standard recruitment agencies. Which is to say, ones with actual…
robert_tweed on HN
GitHub full-account access is a privacy and NDA risk.
From 3 comments
Thanks for giving the GitHub "Connect public account" higher visibility! I still think it should be the default, though. I've got a stack of NDAs as high as my client list and if…
kstrauser on HNOh, wow. Full account access? If I checked that it would violate all the NDAs. I can't imagine how anybody that's ever signed an employment contract in the Bay Area could do that…
j_vantuyl on HNI couldn't agree more. That's my only real complaint with what could otherwise be a great service. It probably doesn't help that GitHub's OAuth scopes seem to be rather shotgun:…
kstrauser on HN
Mostly US-centric with no clear regional targeting.
From 3 comments
Looks potentially interesting, but the fees seem awfully high for an automated matching service compared to standard recruitment agencies. Which is to say, ones with actual…
robert_tweed on HNI like the UI - It doesn't look the same as everything else and it works really well. Maybe it's just the colours, but it reminds me quite a bit of New Relic. The company browser…
troels on HNUS only?
gtirloni on HN
Requests
Remote-only job filtering.
From 2 comments
Hey guys; do you have any method of pointing out remote-only jobs?
seanperryman on HNIt would be nice if the "Browse Companies" section mentioned whether the company considered remote or not.
iamthepieman on HN
Bitbucket integration.
From 2 comments
Nice site and UI! Can you integrate with bitbucket?
pramodbiligiri on HNAre you planning on providing possibility to connect other accounts, e.g. Bitbucket?
megmeg on HN
Way to delete accounts and detach GitHub.
From 2 comments
Is there any way to delete an account? I can't find any link / setting to do that.
zapshu on HNWith a quick experiment (nice site btw) I see that it only seems to look back 3 days or so for commit totals to a private repo. If you are looking for anon aggregate data, to…
daviding on HN
Questions
Does it actually produce placements?
From 1 comment
Has anyone had success using MightySpring to find a job/find a candidate for a job?
opendais on HN
What is the search radius for matches?
From 1 comment
What is the search radius for jobs? I live two hours away from San Francisco, yet it matched me for a job there. Ummm, no thanks. I understand that there will be no jobs in my…
donretag on HN
Alternatives named
LinkedIn and Monster.
From 1 comment
I like the idea of passive job searches, but what's this have to offer versus similar services? (Like LinkedIn, Monster, etc)
mathattack on HN
Traditional recruitment agencies.
From 1 comment
Looks potentially interesting, but the fees seem awfully high for an automated matching service compared to standard recruitment agencies. Which is to say, ones with actual…
robert_tweed on HN