albedo
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Comment · 11 years ago
Not just trust, but also social proof. Humans are hard-wired to find interesting what other humans seem to be interested in, regardless of whether it's a positive or negative interest.
Comment · 12 years ago
The size of the pool is the total number of people you expect to evaluate for a given decision.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yes, we're US-only for the moment, although we can work with anyone who has a US corporation.
Comment · 12 years ago
SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC area
Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher rates, and take care of the business side of freelancing.
- Exceptional talent only: $100/hr minimum rate.
- No recruiters or spam. We're developers too and we only match consultants with projects that fit their expertise and interest.
- Serious clients only: Wanna hear about a disruptive social network for cats that "just needs a coder"? Neither do we.
- Freelancers with side projects or startups are especially welcome!
We've posted about this on HN a few times and have been amazed by the response. I apologize in advance if it takes a while for us to get back to you -- we interview everyone personally and are still ramping up the process.
Right now, we're particularly looking for NYC-based iOS and Android devs, as well as designers.
Comment · 12 years ago
SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC area
Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher rates, and take care of the business side of freelancing.
- Exceptional talent only: $100/hr minimum rate.
- No recruiters or spam. We're developers too and we only match consultants with projects that fit their expertise and interest.
- Serious clients only: Wanna hear about a disruptive social network for cats that "just needs a coder"? Neither do we.
- Freelancers with side projects or startups are especially welcome!
We've posted about this on HN a few times and have been amazed by the response. I apologize in advance if it takes a while for us to get back to you -- we interview everyone personally and are still ramping up the process.
Right now, we're particularly looking for NYC Rails, Django, and iOS devs.
Comment · 12 years ago
Hi, this is Ken. Sorry we didn't get back to you -- we've been getting a lot of interest and it's been difficult getting back to everyone promptly. I can't tell who you are from your HN handle, but I'd be happy to get in touch today if you shoot me another email.
Comment · 13 years ago
The proportion spent on fundraising isn't a good indicator of effectiveness either. Generally, the metrics tracked by Charity Navigator are easy to measure, and aren't very useful.
GiveWell is a much better evaluator of charity quality. Since they spend much more time on analyzing each charity, they cover way fewer charities. They are quite strategic about prioritizing which ones to interview. http://www.givewell.org/international/process
Comment · 13 years ago
The overhead ratio is a pretty poor indicator of a charity's effectiveness. http://overheadmyth.com/
Comment · 13 years ago
Yes, we're currently looking for Rails, Django, js, and iOS.
Comment · 13 years ago
We get about 15 qualified leads a month (on average, each project is worth about $25k). We're focused on the US and Canada only for the moment.
Comment · 13 years ago
We posted on this thread already, so I hope this isn't spammy, but we're http://getlambda.com and we personally screen all devs for quality.
Comment · 13 years ago
Our company Lambda (http://getlambda.com) helps negotiate contract work for our freelancers. We often set up the following arrangement: the client pays in advance for a week or two of work, and we agree that "a week" contains X hours of developer time. If there are hours unused by the end of the contract, we refund the money. It's an elegant way to avoid most payment issues.
Comment · 13 years ago
Sorry about that. We'll cut back and be more relevant next time.