jmorton's comments

For what it's worth... "PATCH is going to be the primary method for updates in Rails 4.0." http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/2/25/edge-rails-patch-is-...

That's not intended to be a counterpoint. In the wild, many companies don't use Rails. :)

After reading The Handshake Deal Protocol http://ycombinator.com/hdp.html I decided to make a simple site. Keep in mind, I started working on this Friday evening so there is plenty of room for feedback.

You don't have to sign up to use this for the time being. If you want to test it out with someone else, feel free to send me something [email protected]

I think this could probably be handled using crowd sourcing approach within a company. The problem that I see with typical job postings is the tendency for people to over-tailor resumés (as is mentioned in the article).

I mentioned it in another comment already, but this problem is what I'm tackling with They Meet You (http://theymeetyou.com). At a minimum, I'll be using it where I work, but check it out if you want.

How it works is really simple: You can send a message to anyone that proves they work for a company, if you interest them then they can share their contact information with you.

I think it is strange to rely on HR and recruiters as a filter. I would prefer someone to introduce themselves to the entire company: tell me what you can do and what you want to do, send me a reference to any relevant portfolio, and I'll take it from there. Hopefully this approach will discourage overly tailored cover letters, who knows. The article talks about this specifically, "the trick is parroting all the words in the job description but not just copying and pasting the text"

This is pretty much why I started building They Meet You (theymeetyou.com) during my spare time. The way the site works right now is pretty simple. You can write a message that is meant for anyone at a company (@customink.com), anyone that proves they have an email address there can read it and exchange their contact info.