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> GET PAID TO BUILD YOUR NEXT PROJECT > Choose a problem below to get started. Get paid to build _my_ next project or _your_ next project? This is clearly a

• maroonblazer 9y ago
  It's a market, so it clears when my next project and your next project are the same project.
  • epicide 9y ago
    This is a shallow equals, though. I can guarantee that we will differ in implementation specifics. This sounds like a good idea on paper, but the reality is that most of the value of a project is in the implementation details. There are countless meetings for each individual feature. I'm pretty sure the above description is how a lot of the end users (clients) are seeing this. Their contribution amounts are also insanely low (orders of magnitude lower than I would dare to value some of their projects). I don't know how contracts or SLAs (if any) apply here, but this just seems like a good way to get yourself on the hook for getting paid (I'm guessing) a tenth of minimum wage. Source: I do this sort of contract work for a living.
• Sakes 9y ago
  It appears to me that this is a tool to identify a market / need that is not being met. There are people who simply want a product/service, no desire for ownership. They post what they'd be will to pay for it, as a customer, and you decide if it is worth your time to build it. Anyone? Am I understanding this correctly?
  • hackerews 9y ago
    That's right!
    • daveguy 9y ago
      First, I think this is a great idea. People have problems they think might be solved / automated. But I agree it definitely needs some language clarity. Businesses: have a problem you need solved with software? Post your problem! Programmers: looking for a challenging project with identified customers? Apply to solve a problem!
  • leke 9y ago
    Oh, so you own it, in an open source way. Is that correct?
    • hanspeter 9y ago
      No. You own it in a business way.
  • dnautics 9y ago
    I think also it's possible that by chance you already have something that is a solve and this connects you to people looking...
• khalilravanna 9y ago
  Yeah it's a little confusing, I agree. "Your next side project" out of context sounds like you get to pick the project. Might be better to explain it as: "looking for a side project to work on that's worth money?"
  • s73ver 9y ago
    I suppose you could post your project idea on there, and see if it takes off. Although it's not clear who makes the decision of who "officially" gets to tackle it, there's really nothing stopping you from tackling it anyway.
    • pascalxus 9y ago
      The whole point of this site is to find problems that are worth solving. Not, to build yet another useless yik yak app, that nobody needs, wants or isn't willing to pay for.
      • epicide 9y ago
        Except there is no guarantee that you will build anything that anybody is willing to pay for.
• leke 9y ago
  I immediately thought the developer would post what they are currently working on (or intend to work on), and businesses would encourage more rapid development by funding it.
  • cottsak 9y ago
    But a dev can solve that themselves: apply #lean principals and launch a marketing site cheaply and start taking advance subscriptions using one of many tools that solve that white-label Kickstarter need.
• freehunter 9y ago
  There are a lot of posts on programming forums about "I want to build something but I don't have any ideas". This is meant for those people.