Has anyone ever tried the “Pay Whatever You Want” model, particularly for B2B products?We are trying this experiment for Arc (global talent recruitment):https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7229846364510203905/So instead of requiring companies to pay 20% of salary as the placement fee, we allow clients to decide the amount they pay (hopefully) based on the perceived value they’d...
The friction for US companies to attract global talent is now even lower. Now you don't even need to apply for an H1B visa to be physically in the US to work for a US company.
However, since the talent is not physically based in the US, this can be a great thing for countries everywhere in the long-run. GDPs are created remotely for countries around the world, and the knowledge these global talent gain by working with US companies will be dispersed around the world.
Hundreds of ecosystems will bloom around the world, leveling the playing field.
This is a great thing.
Learning and growing outside of work shouldn't stop while we're all working from home. And especially at this moment of social distancing, online events can keep us socially engaged and less isolated while working from home.
Please help us spread the word and add any virtual developer events to the directory!
Any examples come to mind?
We later realized that although they've gotten a good amount of upvotes & comments, actually many of them came from possible fake accounts / bots ... (fake photos, no past PH/twitter activities, etc)
Our product manager, who wrote the original copy on Arc, had this comment upon seeing this:
"They actually copied our entire developer application form, I realized that because I was thinking, man they really wrote these like how I would talk in real life, it’s because I came up with all the wording and they just copied them verbatim…….well, they swapped out “cup of joe” for “cup of coffee”. This is highly upsetting"
I'm the founder of Arc (https://arc.dev).Earlier today we noticed another startup with 3200+ upvotes on Product Hunt actually copied us completely:https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cloud-devs-11) They copied our ENTIRE intro video that we published back in 2017 (when we were still called CodementorX).Original Arc (CodementorX) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkOp0Oz7ux8vs Cloud Devs:...
We're excited to announce Arc today! We aim to change the way we hire and work remotely.
My first startup SocialPicks (YC 07!) was actually a remote company back in 2006. I was based in the Bay Area, co-founder Keven was in Vancouver, and our lead dev Olivier was in Toronto. This was pre-Slack, pre-Zoom, pre-Trello. I guess we’re the OG’s of the remote world. Back then it was actually quite hard to grow our remote team, as this would require, essentially, trusting strangers on the internet to join us on the intense rollercoaster ride of startup life.
Fast forward to today: The bulk of remote hiring services are still focused on finding short-term freelancers, rather than thinking of remote work as a genuine full-time employment option. It’s clear that the friction of going remote is still too high for many organizations and individuals. This is why we are launching Arc today: to offer a complete remote hiring solution to find full-time remote developers and build remote engineering teams.
We're introducing Arc early to get feedback from the HN community. As we work to reduce the friction of hiring remotely for both sides of the hiring equation, we invite you - developers and organizations alike - to join us on this journey.
We would love to hear any thoughts or feedback!
CodementorX (https://hire.codementor.io) is an exclusive network where world-class developers can be hired for contractor positions or large freelance projects. We have over 8000+ vetted expert developers, including book authors, top Stack Overflow answerers, popular open source contributors, and engineers at top tech companies.
We’re currently looking for a few Mobile Developers (iOS, Android, Ionic, React Native) to work on a specific project.
Requirement: - At least 20 hours per week of availability & Availability to work in US timezones
This is a remote opportunity. We’re looking for both full-time & part-time contractors.
To apply, please go to: http://codemntr.io/apply-hn