Automatically track new Y Combinator job listings in Google Sheets

Every 6 hours, the latest Y Combinator job postings are collected and added to a spreadsheet for you.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each new job listing found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google Sheets

The problem it solves

Checking job boards throughout the day for new openings is tedious and easy to forget. By the time you remember to look, good listings may already be gone or you've lost track of what you've already seen.

Who it fits

Job seekers, recruiters, or founders tracking startup hiring trends on Y Combinator's job board.

How it works

  1. Every 6 hours, the system checks the Y Combinator Jobs page on a schedule
  2. New job listings are scraped and organized into titles and links
  3. Each listing is turned into a single row of data
  4. New listings are added to your Google Sheet
What you get

New job postings you see the same day

You get every new Y Combinator job listing added to your spreadsheet automatically throughout the day.

What you get

A continuously updated spreadsheet of the latest Y Combinator job listings.

What you need

A web scraping service account and a Google account with a spreadsheet set up.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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