Why Telegram? You're instantly limiting your audience to those who use it, or who have the desire/energy/inclination to install it. Why not post this information somewhere where it's actually accessible?
And are you affiliated to these jobs in any way? Do you have a commercial interest in them?
I appreciate OP posting these jobs, but when I tried to install the Telegram app, it wants access to manage my phone app to verify my number. No thanks.
And no, I'm not affiliated with any of the jobs. I find them on Twitter and then parse the original URLs to get more info about each one
BTW, if you're not on Telegram you can also receive the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)
Hi! Definitely, I'll consider doing this soon. I like Telegram because it lets me reach people directly without them having to come to my site. But it's true that a lot of people don't use it and I'm missing out on them. I'll probably create email newsletters soon for the people that are not on Telegram. Thanks!
Curious about this as well. The desktop download links time out for me, so, I'll try getting the app on my phone I guess. Would be great to see this on desktop/web somehow. Edit: App requires SMS auth, but the phone I'm trying this on has no SIM card. Oh well.
Hey - I like the telegram choice for this. I know you are getting some questions about it but I prefer it actually. Not everything needs to be on the web, indexed, and archived forever.
>> Not everything needs to be on the web, indexed, and archived forever.
Any particular reason this shouldn't be the default state for information though? It would seem that any sort of task that benefits society as a whole is made significantly harder by not making things web-based, accessible and durable.
If this is "senrio jobs for telegram users" that's different. I'm not getting that message though.
Hey! OP here. It's one of my first posts here so wasn't quite sure about the title. This links to Telegram channels, so you need to be on Telegram - even tho you can also create an email alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true#basic-plan to get the same jobs
Do you think that something like 'Show HN: Senior Remote Jobs on Telegram' would have been a better title?
I'm an unemployed senior developer; your exact target audience!
Pretty much 90% of the time someone wants me to install (or sign up for) some "thing," it's just some kind of gimmick or has no traction. This is especially the case as a senior developer, where part of my job is healthy skepticism for software I've never heard of.
So, IMO, the biggest challenge is communicating what Telegram is and convincing me that I should use it.
(That doesn't mean using Telegram is wrong; but when you're using something so new that no one's heard of it, you need to take ownership of promoting it.)
Probably. I don't even know what telegram is and I'm a senior developer who works remotely. I'm def not installing anything. Also, quick question: "OC here" -- I thought "OC" meant "original content" and is used often on reddit because of so many reposts. Is there a different meaning?
Some months ago I made a bot to find remote jobs for myself. Now I made a product of it and it posts jobs to 50+ Telegram channels, with more than 1500 users in total
It's focused in getting high-quality, senior-only remote roles
If you're not on Telegram, you can also get the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)
Fair point. I'll make free, open email newsletters in the futures. If you want to create an email alert to get the same jobs, I also created https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true#basic-plan and it's working already (230 subscribers as of now)
This category of “niche job board” seems to be the new get-rich-fast (or rather, collect-emails-fast) scheme du jour.
Over the last few months there’s been remote jobs, jobs that don’t require a car degree, jobs for a specific tech... the space is quickly becoming inflated
I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with that. Getting rich quick is kinda what motivates people to create things, good and bad. ;) Get rich by tech schemes are only bad when an idea has been tried enough times to prove that it isn't valuable without significant differentiation.
I'm not sure you can get and stay rich long-term without adding value to the world, but thanks for the comment
I agree with you that seems like there's a new remote jobs board every 2 days popping out. That's why I took a different approach with this, and it went from 0 unique subscribers 1 month ago to 1700+ today, over the 50+ different channels that I created within it. Hopefully they're getting something useful out of it!
[+] [-] wackget|5 years ago|reply
And are you affiliated to these jobs in any way? Do you have a commercial interest in them?
[+] [-] lordofgibbons|5 years ago|reply
[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
BTW, if you're not on Telegram you can also receive the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)
[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] polysaturate|5 years ago|reply
Not saying I am anti-Telegram, but I have never used it, nor know how it works.
[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] nogabebop23|5 years ago|reply
Any particular reason this shouldn't be the default state for information though? It would seem that any sort of task that benefits society as a whole is made significantly harder by not making things web-based, accessible and durable.
If this is "senrio jobs for telegram users" that's different. I'm not getting that message though.
[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
Do you think that something like 'Show HN: Senior Remote Jobs on Telegram' would have been a better title?
Thanks!
[+] [-] gwbas1c|5 years ago|reply
I'm an unemployed senior developer; your exact target audience!
Pretty much 90% of the time someone wants me to install (or sign up for) some "thing," it's just some kind of gimmick or has no traction. This is especially the case as a senior developer, where part of my job is healthy skepticism for software I've never heard of.
So, IMO, the biggest challenge is communicating what Telegram is and convincing me that I should use it.
(That doesn't mean using Telegram is wrong; but when you're using something so new that no one's heard of it, you need to take ownership of promoting it.)
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[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
Some months ago I made a bot to find remote jobs for myself. Now I made a product of it and it posts jobs to 50+ Telegram channels, with more than 1500 users in total
It's focused in getting high-quality, senior-only remote roles
If you're not on Telegram, you can also get the same jobs via email creating an alert at https://findmegigs.com/?remote=true (it shares the backend with the Telegram channels)
Would love to hear what you think!
Xoel
[+] [-] mch82|5 years ago|reply
Don’t know if Telegram lets you edit old posts, but would be nice to see if a job has been filled.
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[+] [-] sub7|5 years ago|reply
The thing that's valuable here isn't your curation or the jobs, it's the candidates.
[+] [-] tiborsaas|5 years ago|reply
I don't even have a smartphone, it's in the repair shop for 30+ days now :)
[+] [-] brtkdotse|5 years ago|reply
Over the last few months there’s been remote jobs, jobs that don’t require a car degree, jobs for a specific tech... the space is quickly becoming inflated
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[+] [-] xoelop|5 years ago|reply
I agree with you that seems like there's a new remote jobs board every 2 days popping out. That's why I took a different approach with this, and it went from 0 unique subscribers 1 month ago to 1700+ today, over the 50+ different channels that I created within it. Hopefully they're getting something useful out of it!
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[+] [-] mrspeaker|5 years ago|reply
- from mr speaker / mrs peaker.