Re:Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did thin...
by profalseidol on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:57PM
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Can somebody who's worked with legacy J2EE applications get a gig? All the buzzword right now is fullstack react/angular + lots of tools to make javascript development scale. Most of my recent experience right now is stopping/starting JBoss and figuring out how to sneak in yet another feature into a 15 yr old java codebase.
Re:Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did thin...
by shanghaiaway on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:49PM
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> Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC.
Worse ideas with smaller markets have been funded by YC. I'm guessing you could have gotten in if you pitched a larger vision.
Re:Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did thin...
by civilian on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @06:21PM
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"As the Gig Economy hits Tech, ALL TECH JOBS will be performed through Moonlight! Market cap > 4q"
Re:Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did thin...
by anikdas on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @10:34PM
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Surprisingly I never heard back from you guys once I followed up on your email.
Re:Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did thin...
by philip1209 on Thursday November 08, 2018 @05:25AM
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Hi - I don't see any messages from the email in your profile. Reach out to me at philip at moonlightwork.com if you have any questions!
Yes, we applied to YC. We didn't get an interview. I assume that the market size isn't big enough for VC.
> If I signup as a developer, how easy/hard would it be to find a gig?
Contracting kind of depends on how much energy you put in. We've seen smart people not try that hard, and get zero gigs after 20 applications. On the opposite end, professional contractors who give thoughtful applications get many jobs at high hourly rates.
Moonlight can only net increase your job flow. If you are in need of contract work, you can always email us (team at moonlightwork.com) and we'll manually coach you on improving applications, and make warm intros to clients. (We have had success doing this manually over the past month, and are contemplating on turning it into an automated "I'm available right now" flow in the product.)