RemoteOK

Productivity

job search

SHOW HN2015

100points
26comments
#247of 2,565 in 2015
Top 10%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.

Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Visually appealing, clean interface

    From 3 comments
    • This is a great aggregator and very visually appealing. As a recruiter, I would caution one big challenge in the remote job space is vetting legit opportunities. Specifically,…
      lscore720 on HN
    • Nice interface. :)
      jreacher on HN
    • Looks like I stumbled upon a bug? There is a job listing by a company Hedo for junior iOS Dev. But when I clik on it it throws 404. http://remoteok.io/startups/hedo I manually…
      avinassh on HN
  • Useful aggregator concept

    From 2 comments
    • This is a great aggregator and very visually appealing. As a recruiter, I would caution one big challenge in the remote job space is vetting legit opportunities. Specifically,…
      lscore720 on HN
    • This is awesome. I found your site through HN a couple of weeks ago and read through a bunch of your blog posts, which inspired me to take on a remote position. Keep up the great…
      sholanozie on HN

Objections

  • Hard to vet legit remote jobs; 'remote-friendly' postings often hire locally

    From 1 comment
    • This is a great aggregator and very visually appealing. As a recruiter, I would caution one big challenge in the remote job space is vetting legit opportunities. Specifically,…
      lscore720 on HN
  • Too similar to existing remote job boards

    From 2 comments
    • Looks the same as Working Nomads http://www.workingnomads.co
      nomaC7 on HN
    • The concept looks a lot like my site: https://jobety.com. The difference being that Jobety is also for fulltime / onsite positions.
      imns on HN
  • Hero section slows page performance

    From 1 comment
    • Personally, I would ditch the hero - I think it just gets in the way and degrades page performance.
      mcjiggerlog on HN

Requests

  • Add filters for contract and part-time jobs

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. Perhaps add a filter for contract and part-time?
      dmarlow on HN
  • Add more job sources such as GrowthHackers and Inbound.org

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! GrowthHackers.com and Inbound.org both have occasional remote jobs listings in their job listings. You may wish to add them to the sources :)
      ssharp on HN
  • Tag for junior roles open to experienced devs switching stacks

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a tag for "junior level job that accepts experienced devs looking to switch stacks by working nights or weekends on something they can put on their resume"? Because,…
      jared314 on HN

Questions

  • How long did it take to build

    From 1 comment
    • This is obviously awesome. Could you share how much time approximately did it take you to make this?
      perdunov on HN

Alternatives named

  • Working Nomads

    From 1 comment
    • Looks the same as Working Nomads http://www.workingnomads.co
      nomaC7 on HN
  • Jobety

    From 1 comment
    • The concept looks a lot like my site: https://jobety.com. The difference being that Jobety is also for fulltime / onsite positions.
      imns on HN

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