Re:Show HN: The Five Year Itch
by DigitalSea on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @06:47AM
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The one thing that annoys me about this, it doesn't work for other countries. It's quite limited in its use, not everyone is from the US and I don't see why it would be that hard to open it up to other parts of the globe. Believe it or not there are software engineers and web developers in Australia as well.
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I am in Australia and I often find this frustrating, I do completely understand why though. The United States has a population of 311 Million. In Australia we have a population of 22 Million.
When you consider the complications in making software global, I can see why our potential customer base doesn't make it worthwhile.
Even the simple things are tougher than they seem (post code vs. zip code). It seems easy enough to detect their location and display the right wording... but then your help documentation is going to be wrong for some, or will you create multiple versions of that too.
I wish it were different, but I suspect until we have the same needs/laws, it's going to continue like this.
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Yes, we plan to go global, but have to start building relationships with employers in the US first. Please sign up at this feature request http://fiveyearitch.uservoice.com/forums/172768-five-year-it... and we'll let you know as soon as we step out of the US.
Re:Show HN: The Five Year Itch
by wccrawford on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @10:47AM
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Actually, it is that hard. While the programming would be fairly trivial, actually making the service useful (attracting employers, for instance) is a whole other story. Gaining traction is not easy and if you go too big at the start, your whole system could implode before you really get started.