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

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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 ckluis »

levlandau wrote: post #7
ckluis wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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?

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.

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

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Post by nilkn »

levlandau wrote: post #10
cjbarber wrote: post #4

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.

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.

$20k/month is $240k/year, which is some serious money. Forgive me if I'm a little skeptical of these numbers.

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

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Post by k__ »

boomzilla wrote: post #25

So, a consulting shop with some MIT, Google buzzword thrown around?

Well, if they get the processes right, this could be a good place to work.

I mean, the biggest problem in consulting isn't the coding, it is to work out what the customer wants.

If they give you a spec and you're just bound to that spec, it could be a good thing.

Code the stuff, get your money, don't care about the rest.

They have to meddle with the customers, if some misunderstandings happened.

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

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Post by nlauer »

rogerdickey wrote: post #37
Gepsens wrote: post #33

2 years ago, I was in NY trying to create a platform to match great open source devs and startups in need who also love good software (github/crowdfunding/great search engine). I'm impressed you guys are doing it... What does it take to actually work as a freelancer for Gigster ?

You can apply here - https://app.trygigster.com/gigster

This page is totally broken after you apply - nothing shows up under the Dashboard

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

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Post by lfowles »

mlitchard wrote: post #49
boomshucka wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm really struggling to believe "elite" people from MIT or google are going to be working at a rate where they can make 10-20k per month. It just doesn't really make sense given their other options.

Exactly. Given the choice between inventing the future and writing the next myface-for-hamsters, which would you do?

"Phone it in" so you don't feel bad about spending time with family/hobbies?

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

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Post by boomshucka »

rogerdickey wrote: post #21
727374 wrote: post #13

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.

Haha thanks! Submit a sample project if you want to see how it works.

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic... It is pretty absurd to think you are going to get your head around the requirements for a project and come up with a good estimate in 10 minutes. It suggests naivety or dishonesty. You choose.

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

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Post by narrator »

cool-RR wrote: post #15

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.

If you have the best developers, they will likely want to go get a better job at Google or Facebook than work in IT services.

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

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Post by kineticac »

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.

Just a bad guideline worded badly. I'd say this is far from the core value of what the service provides. I'd rather just hear:

"Quality products are guaranteed because of our extensive experience and knowledge of making these projects work with many dynamic circumstances." Ambiguous, sure, but that should be a good thing. Let's hear that they're constantly evolving and working around new challenges, and applying experience and learning from all the data points they have to tackle existing / mundane issues. The core should be just that.

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