[MichaelCrawford]

My links are all just like http://www.google.com/jobs/

When google has an opening they post it on their own site.

My index provides three items of value: a list of tech employer organized geographically, links to their jobs pages and link to their contact pages.

Its not always obvious what businesses are in one's city. Quite commonly jobs are posted on corporate sites but the jobs section of their own sites arent linked from anywhere. I often have to guess:

example.com/careers example.com/careers.htm example.com/about/jobs.aspx

Im working on a python program that will try out all the common locations.

Among the reasons that startup companies fail is that their websites are steaming piles.

[simoncion]

> My links are all just like http://www.google.com/jobs/

So... you're entirely unlike CL jobs postings.

[MichaelCrawford]

Yes.

Thats because I dont regard craigslist job postings as useful to anyone.

I built my first index just for santa cruz county, on north monterey bay, to assist my coworkers in bailing from live picture because kate mitchell got the bright idea to shorten her commute by moving our office to san jose.

Just before our announced IPO, there was a reverse seven to one stock split, Kate resigned, live picture declared bankrupcy.

Dont Piss Me Off.

[simoncion]

See, but your statement is super misleading. You introduced your jobs site with a direct comparison that all but directly claims that your site serves the same function as CL:

"Craigslist charges for job posts in competitive markets; the posts disappear after thirty days.

I charge nothing for listings at http://www.warplife.com/jobs/computer/ and they are permanent."

Instead, your site is effectively a rolodex of companies who hire tech workers.

While this isn't useless, it's completely unlike CL. Frankly, I can see almost noone[0] spending money on a Rolodex entry. I would regard anyone who did spend money on such a thing with a huge amount of suspicion.

And, uh, I've gotten a couple of really good, solid job offers through CL jobs postings, so they were quite useful to me.

[0] "Almost", because people spend money on unreasonable things all the time.

[MichaelCrawford]

Im notvsyre I follow your argument.

Yes I too have found good work through craigslist, but cl is far less effective than were the yellow pages in the phonebook.

Many companies never pay to advertise open positions, instead they post them on their own websites, then do not understand why no one applies.

I have received the greatest enthusiasm from residents of san luis obispo, california. there is lots of tech there but before my index no one knew how to find it.

[simoncion]

If you can't follow my argument, then you need to ask questions of me so that I can better explain myself.

> ...cl is far less effective than were the yellow pages...

I find it hard to believe that -for all but the best of the best- cold-calling companies in the hopes that they have a job for you is more effective than contacting companies that have indicated their need to hire someone that possesses a skill set similar to yours.

Job hunting is hard enough. Cold calling every company that employs programmers seems like it is its own circle of Hell. Maybe you're just so good at what you do that people clear a space for you whenever you come knocking, regardless of their current staffing situation. For the rest of us, cold calling is a colossal waste of everyone's time.

> I have received the greatest enthusiasm from residents of san luis obispo, california. there is lots of tech there but before my index no one knew how to find it.

Uh. http://slo.craigslist.org/ ? Problem solved, since mid 2005 [0]. Job postings in that area are free of charge, too! :) ( To compare, your site has only been live since early 2014 [1].)

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20050617021840/http://slo.craigs...

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20140319023933/http://www.warpli...