Sudo Hire

Checked against sudo-hire v1.0.1.

How do I install Sudo Hire?

Download the DMG, drag Sudo Hire to Applications and open it. A short first run asks for your country and your keywords. Then it runs the first scan.

What do I need?

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 and later) and macOS 12 Monterey or later. There is no version for a Mac with an Intel processor.

To find out which Mac you have, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. On a Mac with Apple silicon, the Chip line names an Apple chip, for example Apple M1.

The latest release has one DMG, with arm64 in its name.

How do I install it?

  1. Download the DMG from the latest release.

  2. Open the DMG and drag Sudo Hire to Applications.

  3. Open Sudo Hire from Applications. It lives in the menu bar and has no Dock icon.

Each release is signed and notarized, so macOS opens it with no warning. If macOS warns you about Sudo Hire, do not open it. Report it as a security problem.

What does the first run ask?

The first run opens in a window called “Welcome to Sudo Hire”. It has four steps.

  1. Jobs you can take, from where you live

    A short welcome. Choose “Start”.

  2. Where do you work from?

    Choose your country. Sudo Hire reads it from your Mac, so check it and change it if it is wrong. Each job shows if it accepts people in this country. Choose “Next”.

  3. What do you look for?

    Add your keywords, for example laravel. Press Return after each one. The first keywords also name the groups in the notification. Then choose the work mode: Remote, Hybrid or On-site. Choose “Run first scan”.

  4. First scan

    Sudo Hire reads the sources. This takes about a minute the first time. Each source shows waiting, reading, then done.

    Below the sources is a part called Notifications. It says: “Sudo Hire sends one summary when new jobs match. macOS asks once if Sudo Hire can send notifications: choose Allow.” Choose “Send a test notification”. The test notification says “Notifications work. Sudo Hire sends one summary when new jobs match.”

    After the click, the first run shows one of these lines:

    • “Sent. If no notification shows, open System Settings, Notifications, Sudo Hire, and allow notifications.”
    • “Sudo Hire could not send it. Open System Settings, Notifications, Sudo Hire, and allow notifications.”

    Choose “Open the list”.

Nothing is stored until you choose “Run first scan”. If you close the window before that, the first run opens again at the next start. The first scan itself sends no notification.

You can change each answer later in the settings.

Sudo Hire is an icon in the menu bar. Next to it, a number counts the new jobs that you have not seen. Click the icon to open the list. How it works explains the list.

The bottom of the list has Settings and Quit. Sudo Hire scans only while it runs.