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OfferZen
Company blog · offerzen.com/blogcareer
OfferZen is the company blog at offerzen.com, writing about career. Since 2017, 24 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times, most often “Offerzen South African Developer Survey 2021 Results”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link OfferZen's developer job marketplace and its articles on developer salaries across EU tech hubs and literate programming with Org-mode for beginners. Comments mostly point to listings or the platform.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
OfferZen is South Africa’s largest tech talent marketplace, connecting top tech talent to the best opportunities.
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-07-03
- Offerzen South African Developer Survey 2021 Results2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-09
- Literate Programming: Empower Your Writing with Emacs Org-Mode2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-08
What Hacker News says?
GetMyBoat | Full Stack Developer (Python / React) | Full-time | Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America) GetMyBoat launched in 2013 in San Francisco and has grown to be the world’s largest boat and watercraft experiences marketplace. With more than 130,000 listings in 184 countries and over 9,300 locations, there's something for everyone, worldwide. The user-friendly platform is available online and on mobile apps for bo…
Comment linking /companies/getmyboat
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)”Submitted Literate Programming: Empower Your Writing with Emacs Org-Mode as a story · 175 points
HN discussionMeanwhile https://offerzen.com/community/investec
Comment linking /community/investec
on “Increase: Banking API”Submitted You Don't Need Blockchain as a story · 31 points
HN discussionGetMyBoat | Full Stack Developer (Python / React) | Full-time | Remote (Latin America, Canada, USA) GetMyBoat launched in 2013 in San Francisco and has grown to be the world’s largest boat and watercraft experiences marketplace. With more than 130,000 listings in 184 countries and over 9,300 locations, there's something for everyone, worldwide. The user-friendly platform is available online and on mobile apps for bo…
Comment linking /companies/getmyboat
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)”Submitted Programmable Bank Account in South Africa as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttps://www.offerzen.com/ * Upfront Salaries * Talent treated with dignity * Companies/Talent held accountable for showing up to interviews
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best job boards you have seen (any industry)?”Submitted Investec Programmable Banking as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'm very late to this thread but want to mention OfferZen[1]. They are massive in the dev job seeking space in South Africa, and I think as of recently a country or two in Europe. The company was conceived in SiValley but the founders opted to come back home to RSA to try it out[2]. The gist of how it works as a dev is that you do an automated entrance test (if you're a junior - and it was quite easy IME), and once…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Replacement for Stack Overflow jobs section?”Submitted State of South Africa’s Software Developer Nation 2019 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis article on salaries in EU tech hubs is potentially relevant. Also takes into account cost of living. https://www.offerzen.com/blog/developer-salaries-across-tech...
Comment linking /blog/developer-salaries-across-tech-hubs-in-south-africa-and-europe-2021
on “Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the moment?”Submitted Using Infrastructure as Code to Scale Months Down to Minutes as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAn article on literate programming with Org-mode for beginners: https://www.offerzen.com/blog/literate-programming-empower-y...
Comment linking /blog/literate-programming-empower-your-writing-with-emacs-org-mode
on “Executable Tutorials”Submitted Zero Downtime Deployments in an IIS World as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere is already at least one company successfully doing this: https://www.offerzen.com/ I'm not saying "don't compete" - this is a good thing for devs.
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on “Reverse Hiring: Companies Apply to Developers Instead of the Other Way Around”Submitted Job Search Guide for Developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted TypeScript Origins: The Documentary [video] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Svelte Is Easy to Learn as a React Developer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Laravel Origins: The Documentary (Trailer) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Developers Remote Work Report [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Reduce Code Complexity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How OfferZen Uses a Mission Framework to Power Up on Transparency as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Can Do It My Approach to Empowering Myself as a Woman in Tech as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Root: Fully programmable bank account for developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The local-first development paradigm: Lessons from building NomadNotes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted OfferZen's State of the Software Developer Nation: 2023 South Africa Report as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Laravel Origins: The Documentary as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted OfferZen's State of the Software Developer Nation: 2022 South Africa Report as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted OfferZen's State of the Software Developer Nation: 2021 Netherlands Report as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Offerzen South African Developer Survey 2021 Results as a story · 1 points
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