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by soci 3296 days ago
During Startup School we built TechLeaks.org, a Glassdoor for Software Engineers (https://www.startupschool.org/presentations/511).

We went from idea to growth in just 10 weeks and I seriously doubt this could have been possible without the accountability required at the weekly office hours.

Thank you Ian (our mentor) and to the rest of mates in our group-45 cohort.

The best is yet to come. Good luck everybody!
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indogooner 3295 days ago
This should be very useful if the reviews are trustworthy and more specific than what Glassdoor provides today. Glassdoor reviews are too nebulous sometimes and a service which brings out the best/worst/commonplace of every company in open.

All the best.

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overcast 3296 days ago
Isn't Glassdoor, Glassdoor for Software Engineers? Why even make the comparison?
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soci 3296 days ago
First, thank you for your question. You are not the only one with the same doubt. Probably it means we need to craft a better definition for TechLeaks.org

The difference between Glassdoor and TechLeaks is that Glassdoor reviews are broad and targeted to all kind of audiences. There's a lot of noise from sales, marketing and other departents making reviews and there's no specific info relevant to software engineering.

Techleaks is different than glassdoor because it just targets software engineers. The reviews hosted in TechLeaks are related to questions software engineers always ask in their job interviews. For example:

What is the Agile maturity in the project? Can you choose the computer flavour? Do you get free tickets for dev conferences? What's the level of CD/CI ?

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