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Post by hongquan » Tue, May 22, 2012, 11:31 PM UTC

markerdmann wrote: post #30

stephen wrote: post #8

I know mobile is hot right now, but does this really have to be an iPhone app?

I made a mobile web app about six months ago, and this is what I heard over and over again from users: "Can you please please please make it a native app?" Just to get our feet wet, my partner and I proceeded to write two simple iPhone apps. The first did 10x better than our mobile web app (with much less effort), and the second did 100x better. That was enough to convince us, and now we've shelved mobile web develop…

Post by zackmorris » Tue, May 22, 2012, 11:32 PM UTC

apsurd wrote: post #6

I think this is a good idea but the more popular you get the more filtering you need. If 1000 hire-ees want to meet for coffee how will the hirer filter them? Well I guess I like the idea from the hire-ee perspective. But isn't it a bad deal for the hirer? How does he know I'm even worth talking to? The most valuable asset we have is time and you are asking people running companies to give a lot of it away.

Post by hongquan » Tue, May 22, 2012, 11:36 PM UTC

zackmorris wrote: post #33

apsurd wrote: post #6

I think this is a good idea but the more popular you get the more filtering you need. If 1000 hire-ees want to meet for coffee how will the hirer filter them? Well I guess I like the idea from the hire-ee perspective. But isn't it a bad deal for the hirer? How does he know I'm even worth talking to? The most valuable asset we have is time and you are asking people running companies to give a lot of it away.

The funny thing is, this is the only reason I would want to use the app. Once they have filtering implemented, I might as well just find an alternate means of communication (friend on the inside, cocktail parties, etc). Maybe flip the question around, how will good coders stay free of getting hounded by headhunters and abusive clients?

Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, May 22, 2012, 11:42 PM UTC

stephen wrote: post #8

I know mobile is hot right now, but does this really have to be an iPhone app?

Post by donretag » Tue, May 22, 2012, 11:49 PM UTC