[HN Gopher] Show HN: A job application tracker with company revi...
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       Show HN: A job application tracker with company reviews, recruiter
       autoresponder
        
       Hey folks. Rolepad is a product born out of my dissatisfaction with
       hiring processes - both as a candidate and as a hiring manager.
       Processes that are non-transparent, inefficient, and full of
       frustration for both sides. This early iteration has focused on the
       application tracking aspects with a few extra goodies.  These days
       it is common to apply to dozens of positions (some users track over
       a hundred opportunities). Without a record-keeping system, it can
       quickly become an unmanageable mess. Even the better-organized
       among us often end up juggling spreadsheets, emails, and various
       notes. Rolepad was built to keep this data (company facts, role
       details, interview stages, contact info, freeform notes, follow-up
       actions, and more) in one place. Some of the other neat additions:
       - Forward emails to save@rolepad.com to save them as notes
       connected to specific opportunities. Forward recruiter messages to
       no@rolepad.com to have the system automatically reply with a
       decline response.  - Generate shareable Sankey charts of your
       progress like this:
       https://app.rolepad.com/metrics/6QEbaktB7bqR8glhuYR32  - Submit
       anonymous reviews and insights about application/interview/offer
       processes at a company . This is new and there aren't great
       examples to share yet (https://rolepad.com/companies/brilliant.org
       is an early glimpse), and I didn't want to create fake data as a
       matter of principle.  Oh yeah, and it's totally free :) Creating an
       account is passwordless and takes seconds, but if you want to kick
       the tires even faster, I created test credentials for this
       occasion:                 username: test@rolepad.com
       password: hntest       With this release, I am also starting
       conversations with employers (https://rolepad.com/employers). A
       unified platform for candidates and employers can significantly
       reduce frustration for both in ways that email cannot. I should
       note that any solutions here have privacy implications and will
       require an exceedingly thoughtful execution.  And now for the tech
       stack. The main application uses React with Tailwind on the
       frontend, C# on the backend, hosted in AWS (App Runner, Lambda, RDS
       Postgres, SES), with auth provided by Google Firebase, and CI/CD
       via GitHub Actions. The home page is actually an SSR (server-side
       rendered) application built with vite-plugin-ssr (now vike) and
       hosted in a Cloudflare Worker that hits the AWS-hosted API. This is
       basically a best-of-all-worlds SSR configuration - very fast, zero
       cold start (!), and essentially free.  Any and all feedback is
       sincerely appreciated!
        
       Author : romanhn
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-10-06 16:01 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (rolepad.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (rolepad.com)
        
       | randomsofr wrote:
       | Looks pretty good, i'm wondering how are you planning on
       | monetizing this?
        
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