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Wow, this looks pretty awesome if they are able to uphold the talent bar. Would be good to get more info of how much you can make as a developer and how much p

Wow, this looks pretty awesome if they are able to uphold the talent bar. Would be good to get more info of how much you can make as a developer and how much projects are likely to cost, though.

ckluis 11y ago
Agreed, I hate sites that provide no information on relative pricing. I’d love a formula for weekly costs and a low-level guestimate tool for project size/scope/cost… before having to fill out any form info.
- levlandau 11y ago
  We actually do not make you fill out any forms is the great thing and we do have an engine that figures out a pretty detailed cost within minutes of chatting with you. Sorry if this isn't clear! What might you be looking to build?
  - ckluis 11y ago
    No offense, I have to start with a form and provide you my email address to go through that process. It may be super simple - but I was talking more of a calculator style solution that didn’t require giving you a way to spam me forever.
    - mlitchard 11y ago
      Twist ending - Selling mailing lists is the actual business.
levlandau 11y ago
Hi! A good developer can expect to make $10K - $20K per month on Gigster :) The developer also can expect to do no sales or management work on the project. You just write code on interesting projects and get paid :) Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them.
- ForHackernews 11y ago
  > Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them. So much like Uber, can we assume that "$10-$20k/month" is a mythical number[0] that could only be achieved by working 100+ hours per week and virtually no developers will actually make that much? [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber_driver_salary_the_ride_sharing_company_says_its_drivers_make_great.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber...
  - quadrature 11y ago
    I believe theres no bidding, so gigster only accepts gigs that can pay the dev reasonably. Correct me if i'm wrong.
    - levlandau 11y ago
      This is correct. We price out the gigs ahead of time and match them with developers who like the price.
      - fuzzywalrus 11y ago
        Sounds like this will have a perpetual race to the bottom as inevitably there'll be developers asking high prices and not being paired with the work, and those asking less with more pairings.
      - ncallaway 11y ago
        How do you handle a situation where you estimate a given price and don't have any developers willing to complete that project at the given price?
- nickalekhine 11y ago
  I have a hard time believing this estimate. What are you basing that figure off of? That's senior-level software engineer money for freelancers who are mainly students trying to "earn some beer money" and programmers at Google wanting some extra projects.

Wow, this looks pretty awesome if they are able to uphold the talent bar. Would be good to get more info of how much you can make as a developer and how much projects are likely to cost, though.

ckluis 11y ago

Agreed, I hate sites that provide no information on relative pricing. I’d love a formula for weekly costs and a low-level guestimate tool for project size/scope/cost… before having to fill out any form info.

levlandau 11y ago
We actually do not make you fill out any forms is the great thing and we do have an engine that figures out a pretty detailed cost within minutes of chatting with you. Sorry if this isn't clear! What might you be looking to build?
- ckluis 11y ago
  No offense, I have to start with a form and provide you my email address to go through that process. It may be super simple - but I was talking more of a calculator style solution that didn’t require giving you a way to spam me forever.
  - mlitchard 11y ago
    Twist ending - Selling mailing lists is the actual business.

levlandau 11y ago

Hi! A good developer can expect to make $10K - $20K per month on Gigster :) The developer also can expect to do no sales or management work on the project. You just write code on interesting projects and get paid :) Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them.

ForHackernews 11y ago
> Much like Uber hands drivers rides and they just have to accept them. So much like Uber, can we assume that "$10-$20k/month" is a mythical number[0] that could only be achieved by working 100+ hours per week and virtually no developers will actually make that much? [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber_driver_salary_the_ride_sharing_company_says_its_drivers_make_great.html http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/10/uber...
- quadrature 11y ago
  I believe theres no bidding, so gigster only accepts gigs that can pay the dev reasonably. Correct me if i'm wrong.
  - levlandau 11y ago
    This is correct. We price out the gigs ahead of time and match them with developers who like the price.
    - fuzzywalrus 11y ago
      Sounds like this will have a perpetual race to the bottom as inevitably there'll be developers asking high prices and not being paired with the work, and those asking less with more pairings.
    - ncallaway 11y ago
      How do you handle a situation where you estimate a given price and don't have any developers willing to complete that project at the given price?
nickalekhine 11y ago
I have a hard time believing this estimate. What are you basing that figure off of? That's senior-level software engineer money for freelancers who are mainly students trying to "earn some beer money" and programmers at Google wanting some extra projects.