Ask HN: What would you want in a site for dev jobs if it was built today?

5 points by imrank1 9 years ago | 8 comments

Some things I would want to be able to search on ideally : - Whats the work environment like? - Testimonials from current and former workers. - Tech stack - Remote Ok/Occasional work from home ok - Salary range - Total Funding - Revenue positive? - Continuous Integration? - Recent features launched - Test driven development? - Dev hardware provided - Code reviews? - Interview style ( with examples of how the company screens candidates ) - Values

bwh2 9 years ago |

I recently built https://coloradodev.com to solve this problem for myself. Specifically, I wanted a jobs list that excludes staffing agencies and recruiters.

emilburzo 9 years ago |

A very comprehensive "remote" option list, because I've noticed the following possibilities for "remote" jobs:

- truly remote from any continent/planet

- remote from one specific continent

- remote but within these timezones

- remote but within commuting distance of HQ

- remote on Friday

tmaly 9 years ago |

Median cost to rent a 2 bedroom apartment and median cost of a 2-3 bedroom house within 30 minute commute radius.

Is there an option to take a train/lightrail to the office.

Do you have to work weekends?

dtnewman 9 years ago |

The ability to search on a map or at least within a radius of a given location is very important, especially outside of major cities. Sometimes companies nearby are located in small suburbs I've never heard of. If I see that the job is in Nowhereville, TN, I don't know if that's 20 minutes away or 2 hours away.

cauterized 9 years ago | |

Yup, and allow a small radius. 20 miles from downtown NYC includes Connecticut, Westchester, and NJ, and no way I'm commuting to any of those from Brooklyn.

wayn3 9 years ago |

May sound delusional, but I'd like there to be actual jobs. Job sites are usually devoid of actual, interesting opportunities. (I'm not a person that is interested in building user interfaces)

Bonus points if you don't require my linkedin because I don't have no fucking linkedin.

crystalPalace 9 years ago |

I think this is a very nice list. I particularly agree with the inclusion of dev hardware provided and interview style. I really don't enjoy A & DS beatdowns.

imrank1 9 years ago |

I would also add what the general hours are that most of the team is available and if there are flex hours.