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Who is your current customer base? Why don't you go after more of them?

JIRA gets multiple mentions in this list. Does anyone still think that there's room for another dev tracking tool especially after how Linear has dominated adoption by startups?

It's a crapshoot. I really think there's room for a new, smaller platform for software gigs that doesn't become a race to the bottom.

Have you ever not interviewed a candidate presented by a recruiter?

Has a candidate presented by a recruiter never been a dud? Most recruiters I have worked with aren't able to assess my experience anyways.

It is absolutely possible that this can be gamed but the game won't last long. And it's possible that some level of vetting will need to be built anyway. We'll see.

> As a hiring manager,you would literally be taking value away from me since I would be reaching a smaller pool of candidates

No one is saying you're forced to use this as your only solution. Obviously you won't.

It won't be easier but pays some $ while finding a job + sometimes these freelance things can turn into a job.

Thanks for your thoughtful feedback.

The chicken and egg is real. My plan to counter that is to only focus on the dev side first and find leads for them by brute force, i.e., initially I don't expect any employers to go to the platform.

I want to keep the verification light by design. Most employers aren't going to trust a platform's verification anyways. All these guarantees of top 2% devs are bullshit. I believe that basic resume review and occasionally asking an extra question or two takes care of the 80%. I think that's not a bad place to be since no platform is going to be perfect. My goal with verification is to make sure the platform isn't infiltrated by early career or devs who wouldn't pass the muster of most recruiter resume reviews.

You're exactly right. I want to build the whitepages of experienced devs. I'm not under any delusion that employers will just flock to this. I think if it at all works, much of the finding will have to be done on behalf of the employer, i.e., they tell what they want and we go scour the directory and send them leads.

I'd love to get your thoughts on the above.

> job market for devs is on the down low and I think I will work on my idea later

meaning you think a new platform will have a hard time finding traction right now because there's an oversuppply of devs?

My email is in my bio :)

Have you considered freelancing in the interim?

Why are you not freelancing in the interim?

> Working with individual clients is worse than my day job

I can fully relate to this. For this reason, I generally prefer to work with just one "primary" client at a time.

Doing any moonlighting alongside a job though is playing on hard mode.

With regards to finding a full time job, how do you go about it (when you do)? Just hit up your network?

my email is in my bio. Would you mind sending me a quick note?

> who can find a contractor work for me

Not sure I understood this. Meaning someone who can find contract work for you? Or find you a dev?

Could I message you in a few days to run this by you? My email is in my bio.

Do you freelance now? And when you're looking for a job, how do you go about it? (recruiters?)