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The problem is that the great hackers are already inundated with unattractive job offers. Offers that seem very attractive to people who are not them. If you h
by staunch 12y ago
The problem is that the great hackers are already inundated with unattractive job offers. Offers that seem very attractive to people who are not them.
If you had a deal with Google/Apple/Dropbox/NSA that said "If we find someone who can complete this challenge, you agree you hire them at $500k/year + $100k signing bonus doing work on Skunkworks Project X" you would have an incredible flow of hackers.
No one has created a marketplace for world class experts and yet these positions and people exist.
Congratulations on launching and good luck!
- mallyvai 12y agoIt's not a marketplace per se, but at http://OfferLetter.io http://OfferLetter.io, we guide candidates on exactly this offer selection problem. More generally, we preach that everybody should have the best career on the best terms. We've found that by approaching the conversation in a structured way, we can eliminate a ton of the uncertainty and stress that generally accompanies the process. One of the most high-leverage things we've seen help is simply creating a spreadsheet with (Company, Conversation-State, Date, Last Impressions ) can add a ton of value.
- patio11 12y agoThe problem is that the great hackers are already inundated with unattractive job offers. This is true for a subset of great hackers who are conveniently visible to the tech industry's antiquated, inefficient, insane, and exclusionary hiring practices. It is very much not true for many very talented engineers in the world. We're going to arbitrage that inefficiency to zero.