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Re:Ask HN: Validate my idea - find a mentor to improve your ... by onion2k on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @06:50AM (#6320149)
I like the idea, but I hate the business model. I have a deep mistrust of services that make money from people who are in desperate situations. Charging unemployed people for a service that might help them get a job is an ethically grey area.

The fact is this sort of service would be awesome if unemployed people could access it at no cost to themselves. If it could be run with either government money (to improve national employment levels) or corporate sponsorship (so companies get better CVs) then it'd be very useful.

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Re:Ask HN: Validate my idea - find a mentor to improve your ... by KiwiCoder on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @06:58AM (#6320168)
Great comment, thanks.

You know, your comment gives me an idea; I happen to know a good number of volunteer programmers who might want to help bootstrap a site like this, at least to the point where it could attract government funding or corporate sponsorship.

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