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Job boards need to focus on signals and data that matters.

- remote definition plus remote where? Not everyone is US based. Timezones may be important

- salary currency, benefits, rays, bonus, etc. Salary based on geo or wherever you are?

- tell me about culture without a team ping pong photo

- why is the company worth applying to, what's the growth rate and funding, how long in business

- leadership info and views they share, this often leads to company policies. Have they built successful companies before?

- is this position urgent or just a casual fill when needed

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Yeah Remote Where? I can’t believe job postings and websites can’t list this information upfront without asking for it. Most of such offers are typically from the US, which says something about the mindset of the society.

I think most wealthier countries outsource to other countries in the same timezone, but prefer local for legal purposes. American cities can be bloody expensive, and the more out of town areas can be significantly cheaper to live in, even compared to South America and developing countries.

EU's salary ranges aren't so far; they can hire from the cheaper EU countries as well. Commuting between EU countries is also relatively easy when necessary.

Australia has a large pay gap and probably hires outside the country a lot more compared to other countries in the world. But they're a much smaller tech employer than the US.

- Business sector (so I can filter out every crypto/NFT shop)

- Tech Stack - as searchable data, with "mandatory" requirements included. "Senior Software Engineer" means nothing if it's in a language I have never worked as a senior with, and just wastes everyones time (and also for some reason they put these requirements at the end of the descriptions).

I'm working on adding a tags field to list key info like tech stack/tools and will make it searchable.

For things like "where you're allowed to live" and "time zones of team members", yes, 100%.

For a lot of the other points, employers are incentivized against candor, especially in a public posting. They're trying to attract the best workers at the lowest price. You're not gonna get the unvarnished truth.

Getting a good sense of a job/team/leadership seems to require informal conversations with key people in a context where they'll have something to gain from being candid. Maybe you get that when you're approaching the offer letter stage of an employer's recruiting funnel. How might you get it as a part-time job board maintainer?

A link to the "Remote working" policy document publicly hosted on their main domain would be a solid choice, with key points summarised in the job posting.

And are they only hiring exclusively people whose resume show a stint at a FAANG company or a CS degree at a top-10 school?

Elitism is a real thing in certain tech companies.

The first two points are really missing in many job postings. A serious remote first company needs to have a remote strategy and lay it out clearly in their job posting.

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