Linked Questions
40 questions linked to/from Sunsetting Jobs & Developer Story
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I'd like to see job ads for part-time or freelance work [duplicate]
I'm not looking for a full-time job, but if I saw an interesting short-term job that I could finish in a week or maybe a month, I would seriously consider it.
All the ads on Stack Overflow seem to ...
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Practically - what are the changes that SO talent will be seeing? [duplicate]
There was a recent blog post from Prasanth that talked about planned changes in Stack Overflow Careers. It seems to be an extremely high-level overview that something is changing, and both as a fairly ...
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Include Pluralsight score in the Developer Story PDF [duplicate]
Right now, the Pluralsight Skill IQ verification appears in the Developer Story. However, when we save the story as a PDF, the verification is not included in that file. I think it would be reasonable ...
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I'm resigning as a Stack Overflow community elected moderator
I'm resigning as a Stack Overflow moderator.
Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to make this Q&A site what it is.
I'm resigning for three reasons:
Stack Overflow Inc. has forgotten how ...
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Aww, snap! We’ve got Filters now [closed]
How do you do, fellow Stackers?
If there’s anything that Stack Overflow is known for, it’s being hip to the latest trends in every field. Gaming? We created StackEgg. Security? We invented Dance Dance ...
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Introducing the Developer Story [closed]
TL;DR;
We're replacing CVs with something you can use even if you aren't currently looking for a job.
Update (Jan 4): added an FAQ section to address some common questions & concerns
We've had a ...
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Stack Overflow Jobs pricing
I've searched high and low and cannot find a price list for posting a job on Stack Overflow. Is there a webpage - ideally one that can be viewed without logging in - that lists the cost of posting a ...
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The Foundations of Collectives and its Future
Since the announcement of Collectives™ on Stack Overflow, we’ve seen a number of potential narratives emerge for how and why Collectives exist. So in the spirit of continued transparency, I thought I’...
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What will happen to Stack Overflow now that it has been sold to Prosus for $1.8 Billion?
What will happen to Stack Overflow now that it has been sold to Prosus for $1.8 Billion?
Source:
Software Developer Community Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion
Prosus’s ...
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Create a separate, independent Advanced SO focusing on being a knowledge library (but still part of the network)
I thought I was forever done writing lunatic feature requests on Meta, but...
Preface
As recent events have shown, there is a rift and a serious loss of trust between a significant part of the ...
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Jobs company page spam [closed]
It seems that spammers are using Stack Overflow Jobs company pages to make SEO-optimized clickbait. Here's an example (don't ask me how I found it).
There's no option for users to flag these pages - ...
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The Future of our Jobs Ad slots
Over the course of the next few weeks, you may see some changes to the content in the right-sidebar on Stack Overflow, and I am here to let you know what to expect.
For background, as you probably ...
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What is the motivation to use Stack Overflow Jobs over just using Indeed?
It seems that Stack Overflow Jobs is just a simplified version of Indeed, right?
It seems like it would make more sense to just go to Indeed and get the same thing but with more functionality.
Not ...
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Developer story: first impression
I've just experimented a little with the developer story, importing my SO Careers CV and creating stuff from scratch.
However, if I put myself in the shoes of an employer who has 60 seconds to get a ...
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Did thousands of [feature-request] posts get forgotten, without anyone adding the [status-declined] (or other statuses) tag?
There are currently 7K posts tagged with feature-request.
Surprisingly, 6K of those posts (date of posting ranges from today to over 11 years ago) had no moderator-only-tag, such as status-completed ...
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A/B testing related questions within the answers list (experiment has graduated)
Update Mar 21: TL;DR: Today, we graduated the experiment for Stack Overflow question pages with zero answers, specifically the variant where three related questions are shown by default, with a link ...
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Why isn't there a contract-to-hire option for job postings? [closed]
Long story short, I spent about 6 hours interviewing for a company between tech interviews and interviews with the team and the executive staff and it was a waste of time for everyone involved.
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Export resume in JSON Resume format [closed]
I would like to be able to export my resume in JSON Resume format. This would allow me to use tools like HackMyResume to easily edit it, and convert it to just about any format employers would want.
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Developer Story was discontinued, but I didn't know. Can I still get it?
I just found out five days too late that the developer story feature is gone -
Sunsetting Jobs & Developer Story
Is there still a way I can export my data (for the developer story)?
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How can I make a Stack Overflow CV page? [closed]
I recently saw this profile - https://stackoverflow.com/cv/daguej
How can I make one for myself?
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Name change rate limit can be bypassed [closed]
Having recently changed my alias, I wasn't allowed to do so again until June 15. By changing my name in the "Display Name" field on my Developer Story, though, I was able to get around this time ...
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What is the record for the most downvoted post on SO?
I see a question here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24563929/i-need-help-do-you-want-to-participate-creating-the-best-os-ever#
Last check it was on -17 and falling fast. It's already been ...
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The Developer Story: Private Beta has started! [closed]
Update:
Private beta has started. The initial invites were sent to some of the users who opted in. As mentioned below, we'll be inviting users in batches to monitor load and allow us to watch for ...
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Add link to "Sunsetting Jobs & Developer Story" from the 404 page for Jobs
Currently, when visiting old SO Job URLs (e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/jobs), the visitor will be redirected to the 404 page which says:
Page not found
Oh no! We can't find the page you're looking ...
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Where can I view my top tag percentages once the developer story is gone?
The developer story has been sunset. One nice feature of the developer story is that it makes it easy to see which tags I am ranking well in, and what percentage I have there.
This user is part of ...
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How can I export the developer story/CV as Markdown? [closed]
There used to be an option to export the CV as Markdown (MD):
User's page - Edit CV - Settings - Create MD
I cannot find that link any longer - how can I get the MD export?
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Adding a PluralSight assessment to Developer Story [closed]
I'm unable to add any assessment. Looking for an answer, I did try resizing the window and to dig into the HTML code as some users mentioned in various questions/comments. But as I can see, the option ...
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Unable to remove excluded company
A long time ago I added one company to the "Companies to exclude" section in my preferences. However, I believe excluded companies were only relevant when jobs and developer story was around....
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Unsubscribe link broken in Developer Story E-Mail
I just got an email about something I didn't even know existed - Developer Story and the discontinuation thereof. No biggie, there's an unsubscribe link at the bottom. But that leads to a 404 (not ...
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Developer Story Update — Share Your Story [closed]
We’re getting closer to the launch of Developer Story, our replacement and improvement of Stack Overflow CVs, and we’re looking for a few volunteers to help us show — not tell — the world what this is ...
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