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We pulled together several lists of recently posted roles at mid size tech cos. While many of these (most?) include remote option - my guess is reaching out to the team to see if folks have an in person option could be a good signal on being serious about to role etc. For companies that are building their culture around remote they may be turned off by such a questions but you aren't looking for those anyway.

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I learned as much about staying curious from reading "Consilience" as anything I can remember in recent years. Transformed my thinking.

Great idea. We are working on brining more visual options and seeing which are most useful. The Sankey is wonderful to show the probability elements at play here which went into our thinking for the Battery.

Hi there. We have the option to export everything to CSV whenever you want. Happy to point you to it if you want to reach out. Peter at Kiter.app

Applicants using kiter have requested similar and we have the option to "share" your progress with a mentor or advisor - or whoever. Right now that opens up a read only commenting ability but we are exploring more. Thank you for the feedback.

Great point on the value of keeping tabs on timing. Most of us are very busy and many are fortunate enough for the job hunt to be part time. Having a clear idea of when the last time you had contact with a company is exactly the type of thing we are trying to make fun and easy.

Hi Alex. Thank you for sharing and congrats on finding a great role. I think you are spot on. For many there will always be the option of jumping in a "track" career or taking the first opportunity that comes their way. For the rest, like yourself, there are so many great companies in need of great people out there that it can be worth taking the time to be strategic and thoughtful. With the ease at which you can search/find/resume-drop/email these days that trend is likely to grow.

You mentioned having success with a Trello board. Is there anything that you wished you could have had in addition at the time?

This is helpful. The chrome plug-in is an only an optional add on to make the core product "the board" more effective as is the log in with google option.

Part of the value is to be disconnected from google/linkedin/FB for core planning operations. This is one of the reasons we are not integrating with LinkedIn profiles.

To your last point, we are working on some exciting features to extend the networking/fundraising/comms that you mentioned to bolster what is currently offered. Thank you for the input.

Hi Matt. Great question. Our users typically track <20 applications but often have submitted resumes to far more that they are not monitoring. It probably is not an effective strategy to dedicate a specific plan to every 100+ cold application you fill out, but keeping track of the macro picture is extremely valuable - where have I applied and when - and what does this tell me about how close I am to an offer. Applicants using Kiter can move beyond relying on gmail search to understand where they are in their timeline.

You mentioned new grads and that demographic is a big portion of our user base so far. That being said, in todays remote world, almost any talented potential applicant is probably monitoring a few opportunities, even if they are happy in their current role. The plugin (v1) will be a way for someone to capture down a role/company they might find on HN or twitter but are not ready to spend time applying for yet. I hope this is helpful.

If you can imagine the job hunt as an exciting experiment it might unlock new approaches.

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Yes - we have no affiliates and can revisit the policy to make that clearer. Thank you for pointing that out as we do not want any ambiguity for users.

Information is used to generate an automated in-app "Battery" score to give you an idea of how close you likely are to an offer across all applications.

My brother and I were tired of managing various job apps or companies we might want to work with some day in email or not at all. Kiter is a private repo for your job search - both what you have done and recommending what to do next based on where you are in your process.