Who is your current customer base? Why don't you go after more of them?

JIRA gets multiple mentions in this list. Does anyone still think that there's room for another dev tracking tool especially after how Linear has dominated adoption by startups?

I've never heard of Linear. Most of the companies I Work with use JIRA. Small agency to medium sized E-Commerce. (Germany based.)

Is there a reason Linear can't be used by companies later than start up?

It's a crapshoot. I really think there's room for a new, smaller platform for software gigs that doesn't become a race to the bottom.

Thanks for your thoughtful feedback.

The chicken and egg is real. My plan to counter that is to only focus on the dev side first and find leads for them by brute force, i.e., initially I don't expect any employers to go to the platform.

I want to keep the verification light by design. Most employers aren't going to trust a platform's verification anyways. All these guarantees of top 2% devs are bullshit. I believe that basic resume review and occasionally asking an extra question or two takes care of the 80%. I think that's not a bad place to be since no platform is going to be perfect. My goal with verification is to make sure the platform isn't infiltrated by early career or devs who wouldn't pass the muster of most recruiter resume reviews.

You're exactly right. I want to build the whitepages of experienced devs. I'm not under any delusion that employers will just flock to this. I think if it at all works, much of the finding will have to be done on behalf of the employer, i.e., they tell what they want and we go scour the directory and send them leads.

I'd love to get your thoughts on the above.

> The chicken and egg is real

You can perhaps bootstrap your site with experienced developers from Who is Hiring monthly posts.

> job market for devs is on the down low and I think I will work on my idea later

meaning you think a new platform will have a hard time finding traction right now because there's an oversuppply of devs?

Have you considered freelancing in the interim?

I did so in Europe. Moved to Canada this year! Any recommendations on freelance recruiters across North America?

My email is in my bio :)

Why are you not freelancing in the interim?

how would that be any easier?

It won't be easier but pays some $ while finding a job + sometimes these freelance things can turn into a job.

> who can find a contractor work for me

Not sure I understood this. Meaning someone who can find contract work for you? Or find you a dev?

I apologize, I am seeking employment or contractor work.

my email is in my bio. Would you mind sending me a quick note?

Could I message you in a few days to run this by you? My email is in my bio.

Do you freelance now? And when you're looking for a job, how do you go about it? (recruiters?)

I don't now but I tried in the past. Working with individual clients is worse than my day job, so I want to make more per hour, not less. I don't think it can be worthwhile, unless I find myself REALLY needing the money (i.e. unexpected debilitating medical bills).

I use my free time for music and family (not in that order)

> Working with individual clients is worse than my day job

I can fully relate to this. For this reason, I generally prefer to work with just one "primary" client at a time.

Doing any moonlighting alongside a job though is playing on hard mode.

With regards to finding a full time job, how do you go about it (when you do)? Just hit up your network?

Network, some go-to websites. It's all looking pretty dry right now.