Software Jobs and Automate Your Search

postlib (44)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

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: