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Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by TulliusCicero » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

boomshucka wrote: post #2

Difficult to see any good developers wanting to be on the supply side of this thing. So, you end up with a bunch of bad developers for hire.

It depends. I could see myself doing this as a side gig in the future if it's managed well and the price is right. That's really the rub: my current job at a major tech company pays great, if Gigster's hourly rate is significantly less than what I already make then it won't be worth it.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by seibelj » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

boomshucka wrote: post #2

Difficult to see any good developers wanting to be on the supply side of this thing. So, you end up with a bunch of bad developers for hire.

On the contrary, I'm considered a 'good' developer by the normal standards (education / company / title / projects / etc.) and I would consider moonlighting. I usually work another 40-50 hours a week outside of professional employment on my own projects, so doing an app or website for some extra cash once and a while isn't a stretch. I applied.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by 727374 » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

First, brilliant idea.

Second, 10-minute guaranteed quote? Would you share with me this amazing estimate technology? I've been at it for 10+ years, having helped build a popular website from the ground up and can't estimate the dev time of project with that kind of conviction given 10 hours.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by rogerdickey » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

boomshucka wrote: post #2

Difficult to see any good developers wanting to be on the supply side of this thing. So, you end up with a bunch of bad developers for hire.

Gigster was actually designed from the freelancer's perspective first - no bidding, no interfacing with customers all specs are in a standard format, reliable/regular payments, etc. I don't know of a better place to freelance.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by cool-RR » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

Not really seeing how this is anything more than a fancy outsourcing company. Yes, they can say "We're different because we have the best developers," but really, lots of outsourcing companies say that.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by dajohnson89 » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

It would tough for someone to make $10,000 coding something that's worth a few million, and not receive any equity. I'm not saying there aren't people willing to do that, I'm just saying it must suck to find that out.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by levlandau » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

albertyw wrote: post #6

"If the project is behind schedule, Gigster just assigns more developers to it or fires under-performing ones so it gets done on time." - Somebody hasn't read Mythical Man-Month.

Hi! We don't assign more people blindly. But what do you propose we do if a developer gets sick or has to travel? We are engineers ourselves and are certainly careful to not just load up a bunch of devs on a project. We've done that before and it was painful :) Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by rogerdickey » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

albertyw wrote: post #6

"If the project is behind schedule, Gigster just assigns more developers to it or fires under-performing ones so it gets done on time." - Somebody hasn't read Mythical Man-Month.

It's not linear but the math works out - managed right, and up to a point, projects get faster with more people. The management part is hard but that's where our platform comes in.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by free2rhyme214 » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

This is pretty cool. So far Codementor is the best but maybe I should look at this.

Re: Gigster (YC S15) Does The Dev Work To Turn Your Idea Into An App

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Post by levlandau » Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 7:59 PM UTC

dajohnson89 wrote: post #16

It would tough for someone to make $10,000 coding something that's worth a few million, and not receive any equity. I'm not saying there aren't people willing to do that, I'm just saying it must suck to find that out.

We actually plan to give all Gigster developers equity or options on projects!