Companies Can Now Claim Their Profiles On Developer Reputation Site Coderwall

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31 points·vectorbunny··5 comments

This is another job board. The problem is that letting the companies describe what it's like to work there isn't going to be reflective of what it's actually like to work there. Half the startups that say "flexible office hours" don't actually mean it once you're there, and many things similar to that.

Developers who work there have opinions about the company and their experience that they cannot share openly for obvious reasons.

I'd be interested in a service that exposed that kind of information.

Glassdoor?

I think coderwall is awesome because it gives you an idea of what the culture is like within the company. You get to see who else is on the team and what they are good at.

> I think coderwall is awesome because it gives you an idea of what the culture is like within the company.

I think it's better to ask tough questions during a phone or in-person interview. With something like coderwall it's easy for them to say "oh sorry that's old information" on your first day but it's too late - you're stuck in a hell job.

Asking your prospective employer tough questions during the interview goes hand-in-hand with the 2nd problem: The companies will only post the good things, not bad.

The other big problem is I would guess a lot of these will turn into vague corporate mission statements or copy and pastes of recruiting e-mails with nothing too specific, just a lot of flowered up language.

> You get to see who else is on the team and what they are good at.

Who's going to keep that information updated and how frequently will it be updated? Getting the names of your teammates and then Googling them would likely be a much better source of finding out what they're truly good at.

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