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Remote work job postings are usually a haven for scammers, commission-only jobs, and MLM. But this looks great so far. I hope this stays as clean and legitimate

Remote work job postings are usually a haven for scammers, commission-only jobs, and MLM. But this looks great so far. I hope this stays as clean and legitimate as it is now. My sister's boyfriend just bought Ferrari with the cash he made working from home, click here!

endtwist 13y ago
Honestly, did this comment add anything constructive to the conversation or were you more interested in spitting bile?
- notahacker 13y ago
  It's a fair point. The signal/noise ratio for advertised freelance work is much lower than that for advertised traditional positions. I think that's mostly down to mismatch: fewer employers advertising for remote positions and more people looking for easy money that can be taken advantage of.
- sjtgraham 13y ago
  My bile detector must be on the fritz, here I was thinking that was a particularly jolly comment. Interesting aside: your own comment is a perfectly reasonable reply to itself.
albedo 13y ago
Our current thesis is that job boards are painful to wade through, especially for experienced devs looking to freelance. Our current model involves connecting devs to good clients (i.e. people who've done this sort of thing before), who we screen ourselves (and because we've done freelance development ourselves, we know what to look for). Check out http://getlambda.com http://getlambda.com if you're interested.
- agilebyte 13y ago
  Do you let in devs that just want to have a look, without freelancing at the moment? And is that just for on site work?
  - albedo 13y ago
    We'll certainly have conversations with devs who are interested in the concept. Our clients are primarily located in SF and NYC. I'd say about 20% of our clients are okay with remote work though.
- mrottenkolber 13y ago
  > Lambda is a talent agency for exceptional developers, designers, and technology professionals This scares me off completely. Not that I doubt that I am good at my job. All morality aside, who are you to know who is? A Rails dev and an investment banker.
  - shitlord 13y ago
    It's amazing how incredibly conceited the website comes off. CTRL + F "talent", 7 matches. You'd think that two guys who think of themselves as "entrepreneurs" would know not to say stuff like that.

endtwist 13y ago

Honestly, did this comment add anything constructive to the conversation or were you more interested in spitting bile?

notahacker 13y ago
It's a fair point. The signal/noise ratio for advertised freelance work is much lower than that for advertised traditional positions. I think that's mostly down to mismatch: fewer employers advertising for remote positions and more people looking for easy money that can be taken advantage of.
sjtgraham 13y ago
My bile detector must be on the fritz, here I was thinking that was a particularly jolly comment. Interesting aside: your own comment is a perfectly reasonable reply to itself.

albedo 13y ago

Our current thesis is that job boards are painful to wade through, especially for experienced devs looking to freelance. Our current model involves connecting devs to good clients (i.e. people who've done this sort of thing before), who we screen ourselves (and because we've done freelance development ourselves, we know what to look for). Check out http://getlambda.com http://getlambda.com if you're interested.

agilebyte 13y ago
Do you let in devs that just want to have a look, without freelancing at the moment? And is that just for on site work?
- albedo 13y ago
  We'll certainly have conversations with devs who are interested in the concept. Our clients are primarily located in SF and NYC. I'd say about 20% of our clients are okay with remote work though.
mrottenkolber 13y ago
> Lambda is a talent agency for exceptional developers, designers, and technology professionals This scares me off completely. Not that I doubt that I am good at my job. All morality aside, who are you to know who is? A Rails dev and an investment banker.
- shitlord 13y ago
  It's amazing how incredibly conceited the website comes off. CTRL + F "talent", 7 matches. You'd think that two guys who think of themselves as "entrepreneurs" would know not to say stuff like that.