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A professional network for developers. LinkedIn minus the bad parts. Our goal for developers is to help them better manage their careers. Developers will be ab

A professional network for developers. LinkedIn minus the bad parts. Our goal for developers is to help them better manage their careers. Developers will be able to use this tool to build their professional brand, network more effectively, and when they're open to it, get compensated for engaging in phone screens about highly targeted job opportunities. Our goal for tech companies is to completely replace recruiting agencies (who charge up to 25% of the salary of a landed hire) by providing hiring managers with the tools to connect directly with the right developers. Here's an early prototype of our profile product: https://www.fizbuz.com/u/jesswest https://www.fizbuz.com/u/jesswest We're pretty early, but already have 150+ developers signed-up on our wait list and are onboarding new folks every day. Feel free to check us out! https://www.fizbuz.com https://www.fizbuz.com

philco 9y ago
Love the name!
- crabasa 9y ago
  Haha, thanks! I'm always surprised when a developer doesn't "get" it. Haven't we all been asked to implement FizzBuzz? http://wiki.c2.com/?FizzBuzzTest http://wiki.c2.com/?FizzBuzzTest
  - philco 9y ago
    haha, maybe that'll be the first screening test you can put on someone's profile. I've been a fan of Upwork having tests for freelancers and then publishing their score on their profiles. You should also check out Harj Taggar's company, TripleByte - he was super involved in YC back in the day. (He may still be, but not sure!)
    - crabasa 9y ago
      I'm very aware of Triplebyte, but what we're building is different. Those startups focus on building recruiting and evaluation tools. The company is their primary customer, and a developer will probably only have a Triplebyte account for a limited period of time. Fizbuz places the developer first, and we want to build tools for developers that help them manage their career and brand over the course of decades. We will work with companies looking to hire as a byproduct of helping developers accomplish a goal (i.e. getting a job). Doing the right thing for the developer is our #1 principle. Which is why we will never implement anything like InMail.
      - philco 9y ago
        Having a mission and sticking to it is something I relate to in a big way. I hear you on the InMail ban. Do you think you'll eventually start building mentor networks?
        crabasa 9y ago
        One of the top feature requests we have is help finding a mentor. It's a key use case we want to enable.
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philco 9y ago

Love the name!

crabasa 9y ago
Haha, thanks! I'm always surprised when a developer doesn't "get" it. Haven't we all been asked to implement FizzBuzz? http://wiki.c2.com/?FizzBuzzTest http://wiki.c2.com/?FizzBuzzTest
- philco 9y ago
  haha, maybe that'll be the first screening test you can put on someone's profile. I've been a fan of Upwork having tests for freelancers and then publishing their score on their profiles. You should also check out Harj Taggar's company, TripleByte - he was super involved in YC back in the day. (He may still be, but not sure!)
  - crabasa 9y ago
    I'm very aware of Triplebyte, but what we're building is different. Those startups focus on building recruiting and evaluation tools. The company is their primary customer, and a developer will probably only have a Triplebyte account for a limited period of time. Fizbuz places the developer first, and we want to build tools for developers that help them manage their career and brand over the course of decades. We will work with companies looking to hire as a byproduct of helping developers accomplish a goal (i.e. getting a job). Doing the right thing for the developer is our #1 principle. Which is why we will never implement anything like InMail.
    - philco 9y ago
      Having a mission and sticking to it is something I relate to in a big way. I hear you on the InMail ban. Do you think you'll eventually start building mentor networks?
      - crabasa 9y ago
        One of the top feature requests we have is help finding a mentor. It's a key use case we want to enable.
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