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Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by bitsweet »

donretag wrote: post #6
dpritchett wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, seems like they'd need to do something more reddit-like, and with regional curators to keep quality up. Perhaps some sort of affiliate model for freelance recruiters to enter the system in order to source and vet talent would work.

I believe that any type of curation is still not the answer. The issue has always been passive candidates. How can you expose an opportunity to someone that is not looking? DA does not solve this problem. The only problem that it solves is negotiating salary. You are still dealing with active candidates, candidates that would have found about the companies without going through a recruiter. I have thought about the r…

Regarding passive candidates...I think curation really helps but the product also needs to be focused on quality over quantity and easy to turn on/off. Pitchbox was built more to be a low-commitment & simple private way for developers to tell us their goals around compensation/tech/team/product and then passively monitor what interesting opportunities might be out there...basically "Here is what I'm looking for, let me know only once you find it."

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by bsimpson »

bcbrown wrote: post #10

If the only hiring companies are early-stage VC-backed startups in the Bay Area, that's not very interesting to me. That's the impression I got.

I've been in their system since they first broke in September. I've received 4 offers. 2 were very early stage compaines with The $110k was at a company I'd consider working for if I didn't have to work from their NYC office. (I'm in SF now.)

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by blaines »

Developer Auction was a great opportunity. I was able to get introduced to companies previously not on my radar, and startups I may have never heard of. I received offers from companies across the country in LA, SF, NYC, Chicago, and more.

AMA

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by johnymontana »

blaines wrote: post #13

Developer Auction was a great opportunity. I was able to get introduced to companies previously not on my radar, and startups I may have never heard of. I received offers from companies across the country in LA, SF, NYC, Chicago, and more. AMA

Did you find a job via DA? If so, what is your level of experience as a developer? I have 5 years of QA experience but am looking to move into a developer role. Not sure if DA is geared toward someone like me, or only for more experienced developers?

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by liberatus »

donretag wrote: post #3

Most of these new services trying to disrupt the recruiting market, such as Developer Auction and Pitchbox, are narrowly focused on Silicon Valley. Obviously, the issue is more acute in the Bay Area. They are still curated with a manual selection process, in other words they are still recruiters. A true disruption would need to occur for every locale. Not everyone is looking to move to Silicon Valley and not only Sil…

Actually, DeveloperAuction is moving into other cities soon enough. After speaking with the team a bit, I got the impression that they see Silicon Valley as the testbed so they can perfect the process before taking it more universal.

I'm not really sure why this is so hard to see, the auction model is so weird, of course it'll take some time to figure out the kinks before "going global".

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by allangrant »

Trezoid wrote: post #14
sandis wrote: post #2

Developer Auction now accepting developers from all backgrounds in the USA

That struck me too. Are they saying no company will offer remote or visa assistance?

One step at a time. :) We're working on international, H1B, and other geographies soon.

Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by [deleted] »

bitsweet wrote: post #5
donretag wrote: post #3

Most of these new services trying to disrupt the recruiting market, such as Developer Auction and Pitchbox, are narrowly focused on Silicon Valley. Obviously, the issue is more acute in the Bay Area. They are still curated with a manual selection process, in other words they are still recruiters. A true disruption would need to occur for every locale. Not everyone is looking to move to Silicon Valley and not only Sil…

Hey founder of Pitchbox here. We're definitely focused on more then just Silicon Valley. We are working with startups and interesting companies all across the US. We're even connecting developers with companies that support full-time telecommuting.

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Re: Developer Auction out of beta; accepting developers from all backgrounds in US

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Post by blaines »

johnymontana wrote: post #16
blaines wrote: post #13

Developer Auction was a great opportunity. I was able to get introduced to companies previously not on my radar, and startups I may have never heard of. I received offers from companies across the country in LA, SF, NYC, Chicago, and more. AMA

Did you find a job via DA? If so, what is your level of experience as a developer? I have 5 years of QA experience but am looking to move into a developer role. Not sure if DA is geared toward someone like me, or only for more experienced developers?

Yes I did find a job with DA! I just moved to SF on Sunday. I have a few years of experience as a developer (cofounder/employee) and a few more as a contractor. I also have a number of personal projects and contest entries. In my opinion you should just do it® - you can't be any worse off.
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