“Who is hiring

Productivity

job search map

SHOW HN2015

546points
136comments
#18of 2,565 in 2015
Top 1%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

23 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 26 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Execution: 3 for, 24 againstIdea: 10 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against

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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

  • Makes browsing HN hiring posts by location much easier

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome. Seriously. I never go through the regular "Who is Hiring?" thread because I don't have time to comb through a humongous list of unfiltered text posts, 90% of…
      JDiculous on HN
    • This is great. It's crazy how huge the Who is Hiring thread has become since it began on HN. Browsing it has gone from a quick scan through to a time consuming process, even…
      NnamdiJr on HN
    • Thanks for doing this! I really enjoy the locations listed in the HN threads, so this is perfect for me!
      27182818284 on HN
  • Remote job filter is useful

    From 2 comments
    • Great job! I specifically enjoy the ability to filter by "Remote". What did you use to build this?
      bliti on HN
    • THANK YOU for being able to search for remote jobs. That is awesome! Now some feedback - browsing the map/zooming in bloats out my back stack. A couple back clicks is ok, but it…
      joeax on HN

Objections

  • Location extraction often places jobs in wrong spots

    From 4 comments
    • Can you allow users to submit location corrections please. You've got a job that's in Canberra smack in the middle of Australia.
      adaml_623 on HN
    • Fusionbox (Denver Colorado) is displayed in a Dutch Themepark. On top of the rollercoaster 'The Python', because their location is 'Python'.…
      Saus on HN
    • You've got a few problems with map placement. A firm in Grand Rapids and another in Traverse City are both listed in the Michigan woods between the two cities.
      rmason on HN
    • I didn't look through the listings in that much detail, but I did notice that the one listing in Canada is on the wrong place on the map.
      dfrey on HN
  • Multiple locations in one post are not handled

    From 2 comments
    • Really awesome tool - I'm not sure how (or if) it handles multiple locations, but the listing for TrueCar gets plotted at "Santa Monica Way, SF" rather than Santa Monica and SF.
      blackjack48 on HN
    • Thanks. I doesn't, I don't think I know how to handle them right now. The number of possible formats for locations that people use is already huge. Trying to figure how to split…
      xando on HN
  • Map zoom and history handling cause usability problems

    From 3 comments
    • This is pretty cool. I'd advise not changing the URL with every map movement and instead let the user generate a linkable URL upon demand. This created quite the enormous history…
      meritt on HN
    • THANK YOU for being able to search for remote jobs. That is awesome! Now some feedback - browsing the map/zooming in bloats out my back stack. A couple back clicks is ok, but it…
      joeax on HN
    • This breaks the back button.
      kirchhoff on HN

Requests

  • Allow users to submit location corrections

    From 1 comment
    • Can you allow users to submit location corrections please. You've got a job that's in Canberra smack in the middle of Australia.
      adaml_623 on HN
  • Add a reset zoom function

    From 1 comment
    • I would love it if you can add a "Reset" function which would zoom out the map to default state. After digging in deep enough its a pain to get back to zero state.
      dkris on HN
  • Double click to zoom

    From 2 comments
    • Pretty neat! Along with the better location accuracy / being able to modify them that people are suggesting it would be nice to improve the combination circles so that they're…
      BinaryIdiot on HN
    • Just let zoom with double click in the map and you'll make it
      gomezjdaniel on HN
  • Open source the code

    From 2 comments

Questions

  • Is the source available?

    From 2 comments
  • How is location parsed?

    From 2 comments
    • You beat me to it. I was working on this and downloaded all the items using firebase API. Great job. How did you parse the location? I thought that would be the hardest part.
      navan on HN
    • Thanks for the feedback so far. It looks like the biggest issue is guessing locations. I have few ideas how to improve it, although fixing it may be hard. Number of possible…
      xando on HN

Alternatives named

  • hn-hiring-mapped

    From 1 comment
    • Nice job. You may want to take a look at https://github.com/gaganpreet/hn-hiring-mapped/, who wrote a python script to extract location info from who's hiring posts. (Demo at…
      perspectivezoom on HN
  • AngJobs

    From 1 comment
    • AngJobs filters simulate the CTRL+F functionality http://angjobs.com/#!/jobs/inbox/hn?july2015 also for HN jobs
      victorantos on HN
  • jobdensity

    From 1 comment
    • Grid Versions http://www.jobdensity.com/QueryGrid.aspx?q=936&t=Software%20Engineer&qt=6/29/2015%208:51:25%20PM…
      SQL2219 on HN

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