wc_nomad
Re:Ask HN: What is the job market like?
on Thursday June 18, 2026 @03:04PM (#48589949)
Same, I'm at about a 40% ghost rate & 5% response for any applications I put out.
Most everyone I talk with is looking as well, but nobody has moved roles. It feels like were all stuck.
Do I Need to Learn the Domain? Do I Want To?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)
on Monday June 01, 2026 @03:29PM (#48361491)
I want to learn more about this.
As a job seeker, I see the chaos from my side of the table, I feel like its well known and discussed.
The other side of the table however, the recruiters and hiring managers, I want to understand this more. I feel like I could assume the struggles your having, but I would love to see more discussion around this.
Software Development in the AI Age
Re:Show HN: I accidentally built a startup idea validation tool
on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @06:39PM (#44882600)
> an app that tells you how potent your poo is, and rates it against other poos to see who has the worst poo
35/100
My start up is going to crush yours.
Show HN: AppTrack – A Local-Only Desktop App to Organize Your Job Search
AppTrack is a desktop application designed to help you better organize your job search. It provides a simple UI and basic smart sorting to keep your applications tidy and easy to manage. There's no sign-up, no cloud, and no data reporting - just a dedicated tool to free you from the spreadsheet stronghold. Track the state of your applications, notes you want to document, or bookmark companies...
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
on Sunday March 30, 2025 @10:47PM (#43530323)
I had thought about it, but I found that in practice that the majority of applications I send out wind up in the 'Applied' state and don't get much further, leading to a large list in a narrow swim lane.
That and I am able to customize the flow of applications, and the number of swim lanes would be a bit messy. I have my app setup to track interviews, phone screens, take home assignments, and many more.
I found that a smart sorting algorithm is best for displaying the applications.
But its still early days of the app, possibly someday.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)
on Sunday March 30, 2025 @08:22PM (#43529254)
https://getapptrack.com/
I wanted a better way to keep track of applications I sent out, A spreadsheet just seemed like a poor way of tracking data. So overtime I built a desktop application to track my job search activity for me. Most alternatives are web-based, but I didn’t love the idea of broadcasting my job search to third parties. This is a native desktop app (Windows/macOS) that keeps everything local.
Still working on code signing (so no scary "unknown publisher" warnings), but otherwise, v1 is ready.
Would love feedback—especially from others who’ve struggled with job-search tracking!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)
on Friday October 04, 2024 @01:37PM (#41743667)
The link you have listed (https://www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/4042889423/detail/) appears to link to an admin's view of the job ad. I am asked if I would like to be redirected to the candidate view, and if I select yes, I am sent to the LinkedIn careers home page.
Re:Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:58PM (#37866061)
https://github.com/imcnaugh/InterviewNoteHelper
A small electron app that let me take notes while interviewing candidates and save the notes in a format. I used the rating system of chess moves (!!, !, !?, ?!, ?, ??) to mark down notable points of the interview and what i though of them. It even has a little keyboard i build with an ardunio to enter in the ratings subtly.
It was a fun project, I learned quite a bit about electron and software for embedded systems. But the hiring freezes hit and it took a bit of motivation from me as well.
Someday when things are better Ill boot it back up. and maybe even use it for interviews again.