Software Jobs and Automate Your Search

in postlib •  8 years ago  (edited)

Hello!

Greetings from the Postlib crew!


Amor, here - we talked early about posting some content from postlib!
Here's one of those articles!

The Numbers

Original IDC Report
US News & World Reports 2016 #13
US News & World Reports 2014 #1

Personal Recommendations

Startups

First check Angel.co
Then use Crunchbase to determine if legitimate

Company

Use Glassdoor to find a good company

Personality

Should be humble, technically-adept, continuous learner
Strong problem-solving skills and love of detail

Labor Market

300,000,000 businesses world-wide
120,000 US graduates added yearly
see and this

Learning

Degrees or certification are nice-to-haves
Proof of proficiency is more important
Expect to learn 1-2 tools, frameworks, or languages every month

Salary

Average Salary: ~$96,000 (USD)
That doesn't include regional cost of living adjustments

Visit our friends at Funders and Founders

Key Job Sites

Main

Dice
Simply Hired
Stackoverflow
LinkedIn
Glassdoor

Remote

Virtual Vocations
Flexjobs
Working Nomads
Skip the Drive
We Work Remotely
WP Hired

Recruiters

Zip Recruiter
Wade and Wendy

Startups

Angel.co

Freelance

Staff
Upwork
Freelancer

Curated

Authentic Jobs
Underdog.io
Hired

Semi-Automate Your Search

Here's some very basic scripts using older languages (that everyone should be able to use easily):

@echo off

mode con: cols=130 lines=60

echo Maintained by Adam InTae Gerard - Developer Advocate
echo stackchampion.com
echo postlib.com
echo Software Engineering, Web Development, and Software Development Jobs
echo.

echo [===== Not Recommended =====]
echo http://www.indeed.com/
start "" http://www.indeed.com/
echo http://www.monster.com/
start "" http://www.monster.com/
echo.

echo [===== Nonprofit =====]
echo http://www.idealist.org/
start "" http://www.idealist.org/
echo.

echo [===== Freelance =====]
echo https://www.staff.com
start "" https://www.staff.com
echo https://www.upwork.com
start "" https://www.upwork.com
echo https://www.freelancer.com
start "" https://www.freelancer.com
echo.

echo [===== Curated =====]
echo https://authenticjobs.com/
start "" https://authenticjobs.com/
echo https://underdog.io/
start "" https://underdog.io/
echo https://hired.com/
start "" https://hired.com/
echo.

echo [===== Traditional and occasional parttime/Flexible =====]  
echo http://www.dice.com/
start "" http://www.dice.com/
echo http://www.simplyhired.com/
start "" http://www.simplyhired.com/
echo http://careers.stackoverflow.com/
start "" http://careers.stackoverflow.com/
echo https://www.linkedin.com/job/home?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_jobs/
start "" https://www.linkedin.com/job/home?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_jobs/
echo https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm
start "" https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm
echo https://www.ziprecruiter.com
start "" https://www.ziprecruiter.com
echo.

echo [===== Remote and Flexible =====]
echo https://www.virtualvocations.com/
start "" https://www.virtualvocations.com/
echo https://www.flexjobs.com/
start "" https://www.flexjobs.com/
echo http://www.workingnomads.co/
start "" http://www.workingnomads.co/
echo http://www.skipthedrive.com/
start "" http://www.skipthedrive.com/
echo https://weworkremotely.com/
start "" https://weworkremotely.com/
echo https://angel.co/jobs/
start "" https://angel.co/jobs/
echo http://www.wphired.com/
start "" http://www.wphired.com/
echo.

pause

batch

Instructions:
(1) On a Windows machine, open 'Notepad'.
(2) Copy the contents of the 'Batch' code above into 'Notepad'.
(3) Save that file exactly as 'jobcodex.bat' - remove the suffix '.txt'.
(4) Double-click on the 'Batch' file 'jobcodex.bat'.

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "Maintained by Adam InTae Gerard - Developer Advocate"
echo "stackchampion.com"
echo "postlib.com"
echo "Software Engineering, Web Development, and Software Development Jobs"

fi

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Not Recommended =====]"
echo "http://www.indeed.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.indeed.com/'
echo "http://www.monster.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.monster.com/'

fi

 read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Nonprofit =====]"
echo "http://www.idealist.org/"
xdg-open 'http://www.idealist.org/'

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

fi

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Freelance =====]"
echo "https://www.staff.com"
xdg-open 'https://www.staff.com'
echo "https://www.upwork.com"
xdg-open 'https://www.upwork.com'
echo "https://www.freelancer.com"
xdg-open 'https://www.freelancer.com'

fi

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Curated =====]"
echo "https://authenticjobs.com/"
xdg-open 'https://authenticjobs.com/'
echo "https://underdog.io/"
xdg-open 'https://underdog.io/'
echo "https://hired.com/"
xdg-open 'https://hired.com/'

fi

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

 if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Traditional and occasional parttime/Flexible =====]"
echo "http://www.dice.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.dice.com/'
echo "http://www.simplyhired.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.simplyhired.com/'
echo "http://careers.stackoverflow.com/"
xdg-open 'http://careers.stackoverflow.com/'
echo "https://www.linkedin.com/job/home?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_jobs/"
xdg-open 'https://www.linkedin.com/job/home?trk=nav_responsive_sub_nav_jobs/'
echo "https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm"
xdg-open 'https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm'
echo "https://www.ziprecruiter.com"
xdg-open 'https://www.ziprecruiter.com'

 fi

read -n1 -r -p "Press space to continue..." key

 if [ "$key" = '' ]; then

echo "[===== Remote and Flexible =====]"
echo "https://www.virtualvocations.com/"
xdg-open 'https://www.virtualvocations.com/'
echo "https://www.flexjobs.com/"
xdg-open 'https://www.flexjobs.com/'
echo "http://www.workingnomads.co/"
xdg-open 'http://www.workingnomads.co/'
echo "http://www.skipthedrive.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.skipthedrive.com/'
echo "https://weworkremotely.com/"
xdg-open 'https://weworkremotely.com/'
echo "https://angel.co/jobs/"
xdg-open 'https://angel.co/jobs/'
echo "http://www.wphired.com/"
xdg-open 'http://www.wphired.com/'

fi

Instructions:
(1) On a Linux machine supporting xdg-open  
(2) Copy the contents of the 'Bash' script above into a file 'bash.sh'   
(3) Navigate to the root directory containing 'bash.sh'    
(4) Run the command below:

  bash -x bash.sh

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