we built it using an investor platform called Harmonic.ai to gather startup data, then contextualize it so that job seekers could find out about the most exciting startups hiring first (like if they just raised, growing headcount fast, have an ex-unicorn founder, etc). pretty sure we're the first platform doing anything like this.
anyway, let me know what you think. really excited to launch this thing soon! getting feedback from the hn community first is really fun :)
there are lots of job boards out there with tons of jobs. even if we have thousands of roles on the platform, we want you to see only ones that were made to feel like they're perfectly suited to you.
the implementation of what you're asking for sounds like Indeed or LI, which imo, surface pretty subpar jobs and none that are that relevant for me.
What I don't like is the same thing I see everywhere else. There's this implicit assumption that nearly everything will be on the web. [2] I don't want frontend or backend jobs. I want to move away from the web. I'm tired of the web. I want to do something else.
Like, I get it. That's where ninety-something percent of the jobs are. But I would love if, as an industry, we took a step back from that.
[1] http://www.boxequalsart.com/sonic-1-md-jp-big.jpg
[2] With token acknowledgement of games and embedded
Some feedback:
- Onboarding is too long: incentivizes fake sign-ups just to see the jobs
- None of the investors listed seem that impressive, which makes me think this is just limited supply rather than higher-quality supply
- Card design looks like Otta, made me wonder what makes this site unique?
Your site feels like a twist on https://topstartups.io/ except I prefer the open format of being able to see everything. Maybe it's instant gratification
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31443956
HN is a site for curious conversation, not link promotion.
haven't seen topstartups! looks great. we kill it on curation + matching. Curation: lot of dead startups from tier 1 investors. instead, we look holistically at growth rate, funding, major hires, benefits, etc to recommend great co's. no one else can do that. matching: instant gratification is nice, but when you're actually looking/applying, you don't need quantity.
But a bit off-topic, anyone know any platforms that are doing the opposite? Meaning, I'd like to avoid companies who just raised more money (or have VC investments at all actually), avoid companies that are growing the headcount crazy fast and so on.
Is there anything that is like the opposite of Maasive?
Edit: another thing. If 80% or more of the total headcount all come from some US-based "top university", the company is also probably not interesting for me.
More seriously, firms who can check profitable , small fund raises relative to revenue, etc
(On which note, we are hiring ;-) )
I know the 90s are cool right now, but "Saved By the Bell intro" theme doesn't confer a lot of confidence in the product.
There's also a lot of low-contrast text (black text on purple background), bizarrely wide fonts, buttons/CTAs that don't look clickable at first glance, cards and pills that do look clickable but aren't, and distracting animations.
I've now spent at least 60 seconds on the page and still haven't actually absorbed any information because it's so busy and distracting. I badly want to close it as soon as I start skimming it.
The design is serving itself (and the designer), not whatever message you are trying to communicate.
Remember that with hipster-y, polarizing designs, you're filtering out some audience. You may hope it's an audience you don't need or don't care about, but sometimes that's not the case, and you'll never know because they'll just look like anonymous bounces.
as someone who strives to write concise copy, i find myself dying to just change to a white background with a heading and bullet points sometimes.
will keep in mind as we improve this, thank you!
TypeError: can't access property "push", Mo['ex-Unicorn Founder'] is undefined
Your site presented me with a few generic role/stack questions, nothing about the nature of the company, business or market I'm interested in.
I answered the questions and signed up with a throw-away address I've since deleted.
The site froze after showing me 4 of the 10 matches. Of those 4, none of them met the minimum salary I specified and one didn't match the region. None were the kind of startup I'd consider working at.
Overall very unimpressed.
My curiosity about this space is the only reason I wouldn't consider this a total waste of time. You've given me another data point but unless you make your matching much better you'll remain in the dozens of no-code "build your own job site" things you can find on youtube. A post or video on how you built this could get you some views but I would never seriously use this for an actual job search.
seems like you know a lot about the space, would love to ask you a few questions if you're down -- dan@joinmaasive.com
Loved the UI though - Didn't feel clunky like AngelList and was fast too.
There is a lot of money to be made here so great idea and keep up the good work!
Can't wait to make this better :)
> Create an account to see your matches
I'm not actively looking for a job so this is annoying and where I stopped. Show me something of value then ask.
Why sure -- because you employed a dark pattern, namely enticing us with a link to "explore jobs" that ended up requiring us to create an account (which as you understand very well is a significant turn-off and cognitive burden to people just casually browsing your site). If you want people to sign up before getting to the "goods" of your site -- just be up front about it, and make it a requirement at the very first step after they click on the link for any of the protected resources.
Until you do -- your tool will continue to truly, irrevocably suck. :D
