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Remote OK mentions (137)

• Just got denied for a junior level role with 8 years of exp

  All I could find is the following links, if it helps: https://larajobs.com/ https://djangogigs.com/ https://djangojobs.net/ https://www.golangprojects.com/ https://remoteok.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Navigating Remote Opportunities for Engineers and Tech Leaders

  RemoteOK - A comprehensive job board for remote opportunities. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

• Free Job Board to hire tech talent for my Startup

  I know that at Linkedin you can post a job ad for free but the quality is pathetic. I recieved 900 applications in 1 hour and none of them was worth interviewing. I've also checked sites such as https://remoteok.com but they're charging ~500$ just to post a job which is an expenditure that at this stage I can't afford, specially because it doesn't guarantee anything.On a side note, something that really triggered... Source: 8 months ago

• Ask HN: Where to find 100% remote jobs without location constraint?

  Https://remoteok.com/ has a good selection of 100% remote jobs. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Launched a remote-only job site. Feel free to check it out.

  No hate, im actually interested in building a site like this too or partnering up with someone but how is your site different than https://remoteok.com/? Source: 11 months ago

Alex mentions (3)

• What external tools do you use in your workflow?

  As a philosophy student: Zotero for reference management, the Better BibTeX plugin to auto-generate a .bib file, and two language servers for diagnostics: LTeX for grammar- and spellchecking, and alex for style and sensitivity checking. Source: over 1 year ago

• Detect Non-Inclusive Language with Retext and Node.js

  Alex is a lovely command-line tool that takes in text or markdown files and, using retext-equality and retext-profanities, highlights suggestions for improvement. Alex checks for gendered work titles, gendered proverbs, ableist language, condescending or intolerant language, profanities, and much more. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Mod fight over pronoun flairs in /r/programminghorror

  I've been a part of several code clean-ups where giant code bases needed to be changed to considerate language. I've never once encountered a bad actor when the actual work got underway. Part of being a programmer is to question the reasoning behind large changes but any programmer worth their salt understands the big picture if you can clearly explain it. I wouldn't read too much into the actions of a few people... Source: almost 2 years ago