Mario10
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Hey, I'm Mário! I'm a Software Engineer, building IdealJob, the future of the job market!
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Comment · 8 months ago
Hi everyone,
We're building IssuePay, a platform where developers earn money by contributing to open-source issues, and we’re currently testing a browser extension feature. I’d love to get feedback from early users.
The new Job Score extension takes your CV, your open-source contributions, and a job offer you’re viewing, then calculates how strong your match is for that role.
In the demo below, I show how it works in practice. You open a job offer, run the IssuePay extension, and instantly see your Job Score, along with your strengths and weaknesses that have influenced the result. This makes it easier to understand where you stand and what areas you could improve before applying.
Comment · 11 months ago
Hi Hacker News,
Hiring the wrong developer can cost a company around 30% of that hire’s annual salary.
With IssuePay, companies can spend just a few less bucks on real open-source issues from their own repositories and get their work done. Contributors get paid while proving their skills, and companies get a signal for who delivers high-quality work.
Most companies already run informal bounty systems, across Discord, forums, GitHub issues, etc. It works, but it’s fragmented and hard to scale.
So what we try to do is centralize that ecosystem, your bounties reach a much wider audience. Developers who don’t know your project yet, but contribute to similar ones, can discover your tasks alongside ones they already care about. That exposure brings in new contributors who might never have found you otherwise.
And here’s the next step, once a contributor has successfully completed tasks, we can match them to open roles at your company. With git history, contributions, and performance already visible, a small open-source contribution can turn into a full hiring, streamlining the process from task to job offer.
In short, IssuePay helps you amplify your existing workflow while creating a more reliable way to find and hire talent.
Comment · 1 year ago
It was supposed to be a bullet point. I thought I could write it like in Markdown, but it didn’t work out. I’m new here, sorry!
Comment · 1 year ago
Hi Josh, sorry for the delay in responding and thanks for your comment. I realize the phrase "Limited visibility to hiring companies" might not have been the best way to put it. What I meant is that within the application’s Job Offers section, users with a premium plan will appear higher and more prominently in search results. It’s about priority placement in those job listings, not about your OSS contributions or your name being hidden.
Thank you! If you have any more suggestions, please don’t hesitate to share them.
Comment · 1 year ago
Hi Komo,
You're correct that no tech companies are listed yet, so that claim has been removed for now. The footer links (including Terms of Service and Privacy Policy) are being finalized and will be working shortly.
As for the 50% fee, we understand that a 50% fee feels high, we're currently reevaluating our pricing to ensure it's fair and truly benefits our users.
Appreciate you calling this out. Thanks !