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First, I think you have to understand your own motivations - are you interested in pursuing this as a serious side project and/or startup? You found something
by GFischer 10y ago
First, I think you have to understand your own motivations - are you interested in pursuing this as a serious side project and/or startup?
You found something interesting, a real or perceived market imbalance. If there really is a shortage of talent, and a shortage of jobs for people over 30, you could provide a curated pipeline.
Now you have to find the other side - a job board is a two-sided marketplace, and those are hard.
I'd talk with recruiters and HR people. Also with people that have been involved with job boards. I'd try to find a mentor among those.
As a 35-year-old myself, something that you would have to address is prejudices on both sides of the equation: companies that believe that "old" programmers are no good, and developers that believe that company X is a "bullshit" job (most older developers will be pickier).
- johnwheeler 10y agoYes - this is solid advice. Thank you.
- GFischer 10y agoI just remembered that Y Combinator has accepted several job boards in the past. Maybe you can contact the founders of TheMuse, for example? (https://www.themuse.com/ https://www.themuse.com/)
- johnwheeler 10y agohttps://twitter.com/oldgeekjobs/status/778359329518780417 https://twitter.com/oldgeekjobs/status/778359329518780417
- GFischer 10y agoWell done :) I hope they answer !