Developer Auction Racks Up $78 Million More Bids, Expands To LA • Hacker News Board

Re: Developer Auction Racks Up $78 Million More Bids, Expands To LA

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Post by c0riander » Sat, Oct 27, 2012, 12:01 AM UTC

daeken wrote: post #17

throwaway1979 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you in the Norwalk-Greenwich-Stamford area by any chance? I moved there about a year ago. Really enjoy living there but the area feels like the middle of nowhere from the perspective of afterwork tech scene. I used to go to Manhattan to attend meetups but MetroNorth got really tiring. I've been thinking of starting a hacker space or a meetup but haven't figured out if there will be any interest.

I'm in Monroe (not far from Trumbull). Moved from Manhattan 2 or 3 months ago, but I'm very much in the same place as you; I love it here, but it's a bit isolating. I don't know how close you are to NESIT (hackerspace up near Waterbury) but I've heard some good things about it from friends; planning on heading up there and giving a little talk soon. There's another hackerspace somewhere on the Eastern side of the sta…

There is Make Haven in New Haven: http://makehaven.org/

Re: Developer Auction Racks Up $78 Million More Bids, Expands To LA

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Post by frere » Sat, Oct 27, 2012, 1:26 AM UTC

Hmm, I didn't know Feirstein (usell.com, money4gold) was affiliated with this... red flags galore.

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Fort-Lauderdale/doug-... http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1271075/0001116502090...

Re: Developer Auction Racks Up $78 Million More Bids, Expands To LA

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Post by hippich » Sat, Oct 27, 2012, 2:31 AM UTC

I was accepted besides my out of states degree and no experience working in big startups. And unlike daeken I was never featured in any publications nor I have impressive resume :) I am wondering what criteria I did fit...

Anyway, got zero offers. Oh well. :)

Re: Developer Auction Racks Up $78 Million More Bids, Expands To LA

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Post by bjourne » Mon, Oct 29, 2012, 8:21 AM UTC

So the idea is that companies bid against each other on talent? What is to stop them from colluding and bidding just the current bid + 1? E.g. the first company bids 150k, the next one 151k and so on. Also, are the companies supposed to bid on the candidates without even having met them? What if someone has a kick-ass work history but turns out to be a tool in real life?