I suggest a slideshow of handshake closeups or something instead. Never underestimate how impressed non-HN readers are by slideshows.

Yes, it's the office of the future and an ad for PMS medication all rolled into one.

Honestly I'm not sure where this comment is supposed to be going. I just wanted to agree about how stupid stock photography is in certain contexts.

edit: Unnaturally happy-looking couples smiling at each other on a couch. Old couples in bath tubs on the beach. You know what I'm talking about....

This is the visual equivalent of How To X, 10 Ways to Y, and The Secret That Z Doesn't Want You To Know in the field of copywriting. They're used because they work, in many circumstances. Ridiculously well, as a matter of fact. Cosmo has forgotten more about to write headlines than you or I will ever know, and they keep using 10 Ways to Y despite the fact that every time I see one I want to burn all paper in the vicinity.

I so wanted to make a mini-site devoted only to girl-in-a-headset photos, because I thought a) good for a laugh and b) there are some easy affiliate commissions to make there, and the [girl in a headset] SERP can't be that tough. But I held off because, eh, not quite enough ha-ha in that joke to motivate me to do it.

Then somebody actually did it.

http://www.headsethotties.com/

We're doing some interesting things inside and out and will let Hacker News members of what's up sometime soon.

In between email me on Sumon [at] Snaptalent [dot] com

> Never ever surrender

> Reaching March 2008 levels of confidence again. This is on

> super proud of the progress being made by Imperial Entrepreneurs

> Oh man - so excited by the prospect of hustling again.

You are an animal!

The approach many companies take to hiring students is significantly different from that of hiring people later in their careers. We don't feel like that has been modeled appropriately yet online.

The end goal is the same, match students with companies (and vice versa), but the method by which this is accomplished is significantly different. Once we are able to get the more developed home pages of the site up (one for companies, one for students) we hope it will be clearer how it is significantly different from post a job, get candidates.

(Note: I am not complaining about karma count. You can reset my total karma count to 0 if you'd like. I'm complaining about being ridiculed for answering an open question honestly.)

I wouldn't be so sure about that. I've noticed many otherwise insightful comments being downmodded to zero over the last few months, mostly (I think) because people use downvotes to signal disgareement than incoherence/irrelevance.

And even if your conclusion about net negative contribution were valid,

"So I'll be sure to keep my thoughts to myself next time."

might be a suboptimal reaction.

Just something to think about.

So it feels like a slap in the face to be ridiculed for answering a question honestly.

(Yeah, I do let my emotions get the better of me sometimes. I view this as a strength in certain situations, such as in social interactions, where apathy is definitely a weakness.)

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Edit: I just realized I didn't say "Snaptalent feels more personal to me", which is what I meant. Damn. I said "Snaptalent feels more personal," which is valid to downvote because you can certainly disagree with it.

This is why "letting my emotions get the better of me" is probably more of a character flaw rather than a strength. Being emotional can sometimes be a strength, but you have to be sure you know exactly what you're reacting to, which I didn't. Sorry. I'll leave these two comments up because otherwise it would feel like I was running away if I deleted them. We don't get to take back our mistakes in real life, so I won't take back mine here.

Now for every moron there is someone who will weigh in on the other side, but it might take a while, so unless your comment is days old I don't think you should take a downmod that serious.

Simply do the same, whenever you see a comment moderated down unfairly mod it back up again. Assuming there are more decent people than jerks I think in the long run the decent people should win out.

cheers!

But, otherwise, very well done guys. The presentation is beautiful and the economics of the business are mouthwatering.

I have been toying with a (presumably) very similar plan, but I have been busy with other things and other schemes. Maybe I'll see you on the field. Good luck.

By shifting their focus, they are once again addressing a pain.

The only thing I don't like is that there isn't a screenshot gallery. I'm not going to make an account on a site like that unless I can see screenshots of what each company's page looks like, what my resume looks like, etc.

I want to know that A) The site is useful B) The site is trustworthy. Without being able to see what the interaction looks like I can't do that, so I'm not going to sign up. If you want me to put out, buy me a drink first; asking for all my information right away is too much too fast. I need to know more about what I get out of it.

I had to try 3 times to add my degree to my profile. Furthermore, I keep getting internal server errors when browsing companies (happens whenever I look at a page other than 1).

Just wondering, why did you guys decide to relaunch it with a different model? The original idea seemed good too.

Also, [email protected] is bouncing back.

I just created the [email protected] email so you should have no problem with that anymore. If there are any other issues feel free to email me directly - jamie at snaptalent

Go get 'em