Ask HN: Are job postings acceptable?

5 pointsclintavo17y ago9 comments

I always thought that posting job openings would not be acceptable on HN.

However there was one recently posted at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476495 and nobody commented that the post was unacceptable.

I ask because I do from time to time have contract work available, but, on the other hand, we certainly don't want HN to turn into a jobs board.

Forgive me if I missed them (I did look) but are there any guidelines regarding posting jobs on HN?

Ask HN: Are job postings acceptable?

5 pointsclintavo17y ago9 comments

I always thought that posting job openings would not be acceptable on HN.

However there was one recently posted at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=476495 and nobody commented that the post was unacceptable.

I ask because I do from time to time have contract work available, but, on the other hand, we certainly don't want HN to turn into a jobs board.

Forgive me if I missed them (I did look) but are there any guidelines regarding posting jobs on HN?

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pg17y ago· 2 in thread

There are no official guidelines. YC startups get to post on the jobs page. We're going to let other startups post on the jobs page soon via startuply.

clintavoOP17y ago

That sounds great, I was wondering if YC had an open jobs page....only problem is I've been operating since 2001 and profitable since 2005....am I still a "startup?" I'm the slowest startup in history.....

yan17y ago

That's what I was alluding to in my comment below. Thanks!

noodle17y ago· 2 in thread

i think that if you have a compelling offer, post it. especially if you're looking for co-founders or lead developers.

if you're soliciting for data entry people every few days, no thanks.

might be nice if it were self-policed and tagged like the ask hn stuff is.

clintavoOP17y ago

Wouldn't be co-founder since my company is 8 years old but it would be real development, not data entry BS.

noodle17y ago

i suppose my point is, if you know the community, you'll know what fits. if it fits, i don't think anyone would mind.

yan17y ago· 1 in thread

"we certainly don't want HN to turn into a jobs board."

Why not? I mean we sure don't want to mix it with the primary news.yc content, but why not form a sister-board for jobs? And not just YC-funded startups looking for people, but an actual job board. We have the right kind of people here on both sides of the job-searching scenario.

clintavoOP17y ago

I agree with you yan. That's what I meant to not turn the news.yc into jobs a sister board would be great.

pclark17y ago

I see no problem with them, no promises your job posting won't get critiqued by lots of users though ;)

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