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27 pointsblackrabbit14 comments

This kind of site annoys me no end. I'm not sure if a LinkedIn profile is required (the text field says "or link to resume/CV"). If it does that's stupid,

You also need to repeat yourself. It asks your current position (on the same page!), time there and primary skill. Um, isn't that on my CV? If you're standardizing on LinkedIn, shouldn't you be smart enough to prase that information?

This kind of site seems to be promoting itself on the illusion of exclusivity. You need to be invited (OMG will they let me in?!?!?!) based on the premise that they have startup jobs. But do they? How many? Why can't I just browse them? Good jobs sell themselves.

What's more, recruitment doesn't work like this. The primary means of finding work, particularly in smaller companies is (in my experience) referrals. You'll often find this with (particularly early stage) companies: the team know each other.

Secondly this promise of early access is most often associated with unethical recruiting practices lime CV harvesting, particularly without any evidence of the number or type of jobs allegedly available (prer-invitation).

Basically the are better options than this at finding these kinds of jobs.

Not only that, but asking you to refer other developers feels shady. I'm not going to refer anyone without their permission, and I won't bother calling them just to get access to some potentially crappy job newsletter.

Direct link to the application:

https://insidestartups.wufoo.com/forms/apply-to-join-inside-...

"Referred applicants are given preference and referring additional candidates weighs positively in both your and their consideration."

Feels like a scam. I wonder if anyone from any of the companies listed as a participating company can vouch for this.

This strategy of luring candidates with the illusion of exclusivity would probably work for a lot of job segments but not startup devs. It is a buyers market for devs and this approach seems to neglect that.

Most tech people with a good resume would be reluctant to to "give" something upfront for free like a full resume/personal info because there are less painful options.

I would like to see this site either lessen their standard for required info or offer a data collateral (i.e. glassdoor.com shows you salary info for the pain of signing up).

Why offer collateral if the person doesn't deserve it or could give fake info?

Requires a Linkedin profile to sign up!? Really!? There are so many reasons that is a stupid idea.

Care to explain?

Not everyone has a linkedin/facebook/twitter account.

True, but most people that would be hired by the startups listed would. No?

Most != everyone

Seriously, requiring sign up via accounts on sites like facebook, linkedin etc is a really stupid idea. Startups (I'm looking at you quora!) need to stop this bullshit.

Edit: Looks like quora now allows email sign ups. Good.

Many people, like myself, like to separate social media from the real world in some way, and this is one of those places I like to keep them separate.

After clicking through the initial screen I felt like I been had. Good idea, but I don't like being put into a form that requires me to look up info that isn't immediately available off the top of my head.

The list of "Participating Companies" on their home page is impressive - truly a who's who of New York startups. If they do have access to job postings from these companies before they go public, they have a fantastic (and valuable) resource.

most of that list look like they're in the betaworks/lerer-ventures family

http://lererventures.com/companies.html http://betaworks.com/investments.php

then again it could just be because kenny has money in everything in the city

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