In our system we offer a search for companies with a specific tech stack - currently location-based but we might integrate a location-independent search in the future. Today a remote worker or freelancer can search for a company in their home region or a vacation spot and ask for remote opportunities.
Enter an address. Backspace across the whole field to clear it. It kicks you to a map with "unexpected error has occurred". Can't get back to input fields.
Can't find San Jose, ca, or any permutation I tried. California by itself gets hundred of hits, too many to scroll down to see if it has California, USA. Maybe sort by population?
However, other channels such as Job Boards are typically also not giving promises on the number of candidates / applicants.
First thing it did was ask me if it could use my location. I said no. It then took me to a map centered on my current location! I don’t really care and only said no because I was prompted and default to better safe than sorry answers, but being asked and then ignored rubbed me the wrong way.
Next problem was the map kept flashing in and out little blue circles with numbers on them like “63” which I assumed meant this was the 63rd company in the database using Ruby on Rails (only tech I put in) but when I tried to zoom in it disappeared and a new number “43” appeared in a different location with “63” no where to be found. I zoomed in again and that one disappeared too. I was attempting to zoom in on the location of the number and can’t promise you I didn’t zoom in wrong but certainly felt like I was zooming in on the exact spot the number was located.
Anyway, that was when I exited. I am really interested in the concept and would check it out again from my desktop if if was on the front page again when I was browsing from home. Good luck with your product!
It’s not using your location directly; it’s going to fall back to using the location tied to your IP since you denied it access to GPS/wifi data from your phone. Every single website you visit can get that location, no permissions required. If you don’t like that, you should already be using a VPN.
The blue circles with numbers you mention are clusters / groups of companies (so the blue circle with 63 means 63 companies are close to the circle). The misunderstanding is probably due to your start with a phone as we hide the Legend with an explanation of the pins and markers.
I don't like that the labels don't differentiate between HQ and small branch office of a company/bank.
Fun anecdote: my gf started working (engineering) for a bank last year during Covid lockdown. Last month she had a problem with her laptop; because of the complex security it couldn’t be fixed remotely. So she walked over to a neighborhood branch of the bank and plugged it into their network so IT could fix it.
Apart from that single brief visit she’s never met any colleagues in person and has never been in any of the company’s facilities.
After I entered a search, the website went completely dead with the following message:
> An unexpected error has occurred.
I tried to open a new tab and reload, but it's gone.
FWIW, I declined location API access.
https://github.com/viggy28/awesome-onprem
Would love to see more companies on this category.
