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Did you guys apply to YC this cycle? If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig? I assume the supply of good developers is not an issu

Did you guys apply to YC this cycle? If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig? I assume the supply of good developers is not an issue so finding work would be hard.

philip1209 8y ago
> Did you guys apply to YC this cycle? Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC. > If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig? Contracting kind of depends on how much energy you put in. We've seen smart people not try that hard, and get zero gigs after 20 applications. On the opposite end, professional contractors who give thoughtful applications get many jobs at high hourly rates. Moonlight can only net increase your job flow. If you are in need of contract work, you can always email us (team at moonlightwork.com) and we'll manually coach you on improving applications, and make warm intros to clients. (We have had success doing this manually over the past month, and are contemplating on turning it into an automated "I'm available right now" flow in the product.)
- shanghaiaway 8y ago
  > Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC. Worse ideas with smaller markets have been funded by YC. I'm guessing you could have gotten in if you pitched a larger vision.
  - civilian 8y ago
    "As the Gig Economy hits Tech, ALL TECH JOBS will be performed through Moonlight! Market cap > 4q"
- profalseidol 8y ago
  Can somebody who's worked with legacy J2EE applications get a gig? All the buzzword right now is fullstack react/angular + lots of tools to make javascript development scale. Most of my recent experience right now is stopping/starting JBoss and figuring out how to sneak in yet another feature into a 15 yr old java codebase.
- anikdas 8y ago
  Surprisingly I never heard back from you guys once I followed up on your email.
  - philip1209 8y ago
    Hi - I don't see any messages from the email in your profile. Reach out to me at philip at moonlightwork.com if you have any questions!

Did you guys apply to YC this cycle? If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig? I assume the supply of good developers is not an issue so finding work would be hard.

philip1209 8y ago

> Did you guys apply to YC this cycle? Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC. > If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig? Contracting kind of depends on how much energy you put in. We've seen smart people not try that hard, and get zero gigs after 20 applications. On the opposite end, professional contractors who give thoughtful applications get many jobs at high hourly rates. Moonlight can only net increase your job flow. If you are in need of contract work, you can always email us (team at moonlightwork.com) and we'll manually coach you on improving applications, and make warm intros to clients. (We have had success doing this manually over the past month, and are contemplating on turning it into an automated "I'm available right now" flow in the product.)

shanghaiaway 8y ago
> Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC. Worse ideas with smaller markets have been funded by YC. I'm guessing you could have gotten in if you pitched a larger vision.
- civilian 8y ago
  "As the Gig Economy hits Tech, ALL TECH JOBS will be performed through Moonlight! Market cap > 4q"
profalseidol 8y ago
Can somebody who's worked with legacy J2EE applications get a gig? All the buzzword right now is fullstack react/angular + lots of tools to make javascript development scale. Most of my recent experience right now is stopping/starting JBoss and figuring out how to sneak in yet another feature into a 15 yr old java codebase.
anikdas 8y ago
Surprisingly I never heard back from you guys once I followed up on your email.
- philip1209 8y ago
  Hi - I don't see any messages from the email in your profile. Reach out to me at philip at moonlightwork.com if you have any questions!