I've spent a lot of time reading ads, applying to ads, writing cover letters and customizing my application and I can confidently say that over 40% of these went into ghost jobs. I find existing tools either indifferent or too noisy and hence thought of coming up with a collaborative and to the point simple website to track these ghost jobs and help every tech job seeker focus on what matters.

It's really basic but if people find it useful we can always make it better!

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While we still jobs and offer our services to society there are a number of things that need to fix and delete from our collective consciousness. All these stem from the same root of evil: the office. Similar to plants, we, the workers are gathering there, under some occult organizational umbrella which sometimes resembles a "family". We need to be there on a specific time, do specific things, we are being monitored and controlled. We need to behave in a certain way and leave our true self at home. We need to blindly obey a person called "the boss" or "the manager" and act under some military discipline executing commands. We need to climb some ladder of promises, most of which fail to deliver. This is a dark place full of lack of trust, insecurity and control.

Diversity, flexible working, remote working, shared vision and mission are some of the things that we have realized and applied. I am glad that we did but there is still a lot of work to be done. Working needs to be more like the freelancer/consultant type where possible: get the job done and you're paid attitude, rather than a weird let's have you around stand-by just in case. Similar to how an electrician comes to your place fixes the damage and immediately leaves, where possible workers need to do the same. Can you imagine your electrician spending her day at your place, 9-5? Sitting there just in case? And you will get to threaten, trash talk, be the boss and give orders.

We are still in the Palaeolithic era when it comes to how we work, with some improvements indeed but with also the heaviest pressure from the most powerful people globally.

Since we are talking about it though, let's apply the 5 whys: 1. Why do companies need managers? Because they need they're employees to be managed 2. Why do companies need their employees to be managed? Because they are not certain that they will follow the company's short/long-term strategy and vision 3. Why are they not certain? Because they're having trust issues 4. Why are they having trust issues? Because they are not investing in proper hiring 5. Why are they not investing in proper hiring? Because it's expensive and requires tremendous multidisciplinary skills, time and effort

We are dealing with one night stands masked as serious dates ladies and gentlemen. Managers are just pawns which patch the original issue. Solving hiring would make them redundant.

LOL, I love Americans and America but seriously? Like what is already there is not enough :D

Well, the European Union is already working on a legal framework for AI. It happened with GDPR and it will happen again.