#Best way to find smaller companies and startups near me?

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jolly portal
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What's a good way of finding smaller companies or startups near me that wouldn't show up on LinkedIn?

vivid ibex
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You can just google “starts up in my area”

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Or “tech companies in my area”

vivid ibex
jolly portal
vivid ibex
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Why is that

jolly portal
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doesnt show me startups near me

vivid ibex
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Like what exactly are you googling

jolly portal
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startups near me

vivid ibex
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And what exactly are you getting back

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Because I got suggested a website called angelco

jolly portal
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companies with startup in their name lol

vivid ibex
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Which seems to be a search engine of some sort

vivid ibex
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Like come on lol

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2nd link that came up for me

jolly portal
vivid ibex
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Using your resources is a good skill

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Okay

jolly portal
vivid ibex
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Is it not a website that fits your needs?

vivid ibex
jolly portal
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i never get responses from any company i apply to there

vivid ibex
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You mentioned only one site, LinkedIn, so I’m going off of that

vivid ibex
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And apply there

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If not , then there’s your problem

jolly portal
vivid ibex
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Okay

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So how is that Angelco’s fault LOL

jolly portal
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i do that and angelco

vivid ibex
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Like why does that make it not “work for you” because the company doesn’t respond to your resume

jolly portal
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well angelco might not be showing all the companies near me

vivid ibex
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? I’m confused ?

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How would you check that

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Because by your logic, any search engine is not trustable

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Like I don’t look on LinkedIn and assume they aren’t showing me all companies near me , I trust that one of the largest job search engines is the best source of jobs

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But you for some reason just don’t trust the search engine

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So then what would you trust ?

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This entire thing breaks down quickly

jolly portal
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when did i say i dont trust the search engine

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im just saying i dont have much luck with angelco lol

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im just trying to find other ways to find smaller companies than just angelco

vivid ibex
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I’m saying , you’re logic is you think they aren’t showing you all companies near you

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Which is weird because , that’s their whole gig

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Like what other source would you use

jolly portal
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linkedin kind of sucks for finding jobs sometimes because they keep showing companies you have applied to

vivid ibex
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Untrue

jolly portal
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and i am using the NOT search thing

vivid ibex
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It’s a search enginee

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Literally just search

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It literally shows you whatever you search for

vivid ibex
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If I search for a role I can usually scroll for a while on LinkedIn

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But I admit it might be because we are searching for different things

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Idk what you’re personally looking for

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But nonetheless the main job boards are ones you already know of

jolly portal
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i guess i will try angelco again

vivid ibex
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It would make logical sense to assume any company that wants SWEs , will post their role on one of the major job boards

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LinkedIn , indeed, etc

jolly portal
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but wouldnt applying on the ocmpany site be better than through angelco

vivid ibex
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Yes

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It’s a search engine

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It’s not the place to apply for the role imo

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Same with LinkedIn

jolly portal
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it is hard for especially startups

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at least in my experience

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maybe its because of the city im in

vivid ibex
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All my jobs I’ve gotten from LinkedIn personally

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Companies of varying sizes

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I also never looked in just one city , usually changed the state everytime I looked

jolly portal
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i think all my interviews come from linkedin but only big companies

vivid ibex
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But we might be searching different things

jolly portal
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i dont find small companies on there often

vivid ibex
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What’s a “small company” though

jolly portal
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i look for all of texas

vivid ibex
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Like what does that mean to you

jolly portal
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not just the city im in

jolly portal
vivid ibex
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Because my first jobs have been about 500 people

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What defines a startup to you

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My first job they IPO’d while I was there

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But I wouldn’t call them a startup

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So like I think the issue is whatever you search for on LinkedIn

jolly portal
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i guess im thinking of less than 100 people

vivid ibex
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But idk what you search for

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Okay I’ve interviewed for roles at companies like that

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And I found their job posting on LinkedIn

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You can even filter by number of employees

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If I remember correctly

jolly portal
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can you?

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i cant find that filter

vivid ibex
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I’m unable to check atm

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But nonetheless

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What are you searching for exactly

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Like on LinkedIn

jolly portal
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i just search for software engineering jobs and sometimes i do under 10 applicants since lesser known companies would have less applicants

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theres isnt a way to filter by size so not much else i can do

vivid ibex
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I mean software engineering is a pretty vague search term

jolly portal
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what should i search for then

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java developer?

vivid ibex
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I mean if that’s what you wanna do

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I don’t see why you wouldnt search for that

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or just Java

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Java engineer

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Whatever

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But software engineering still brought up a lot of roles

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When I just quick searched

jolly portal
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well yeah its a broad term

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or did you mean for startups

vivid ibex
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I mean i asked “what exactly do you search”

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So I was hoping you say exactly what you search so I can check it out

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But yeah doesn’t seem to be a way to filter based on number of employees darn

jolly portal
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usually just software engineer and i put not for companies that flood my job search and i search either in my city or in my state

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but i will try java engineer instead of software engineer

vivid ibex
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I mean wait

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So when you search software engineer

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What exactly do you dislike about those results?

jolly portal
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usually i see jobs or companies i already applied for

vivid ibex
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That’s interesting