Hi gweedo
Did you create a job board in the end?
What are your findings / experiences?
We are building a job board for vacancies in the blockchain industry so your feedback would be very useful!
Kind regards,
Jonas
Topic: A bitcoin programmers job board project (Read 2593 times)
I used workforbitcoins to commission a logo. I posted a job and then it was a couple of week before I got a response. Problem was in that time Bitcoin had risen and I ended up paying a lot more than I intended for the work.
So I use odesk because they have lot's of developers/designers etc. Your only key benefit over odesk is that you use Bitcoins. Is that really enough of a benefit ? It might be if you target emerging economies as they are always struggling to get paid i.e. Pakistan doesn't have Paypal.
I consider using a bitcoin job market if it had the following features.
1. Escrow, I don't mean you hold my coins I mean BIP 16 or whatever it's called.
2. A review system for both sides.
3. A messaging system for both sides.
And you'll need to execute it really well, I don't want to see a crappy looking site.
So I use odesk because they have lot's of developers/designers etc. Your only key benefit over odesk is that you use Bitcoins. Is that really enough of a benefit ? It might be if you target emerging economies as they are always struggling to get paid i.e. Pakistan doesn't have Paypal.
I consider using a bitcoin job market if it had the following features.
1. Escrow, I don't mean you hold my coins I mean BIP 16 or whatever it's called.
2. A review system for both sides.
3. A messaging system for both sides.
And you'll need to execute it really well, I don't want to see a crappy looking site.
They are aware of Bitcoin, definitely. Here's a talk by Michael Levinson, VP of Product, oDesk. Notice that the bitcoin topic just keeps coming up over and over by the audience
- http://vimeo.com/29287295
- http://vimeo.com/29287295
Thanks for the link sgornick. I guess that was in October last year so they haven't "jumped right on it".
http://www.bitcoinjobs.com/ is just a tumblr so obviously mine is more feature rich
It only posts job listings, and doesn't serve the need for a directory of talent who are looking to provide services, contract/freelance, part time or full-time.
Freelancer, elance, oDesk, etc. will not start offering Bitcoin as a payment method until they face competition that does.
They are aware of Bitcoin, definitely. Here's a talk by Michael Levinson, VP of Product, oDesk. Notice that the bitcoin topic just keeps coming up over and over by those in the audience.
- http://vimeo.com/29287295
BitDesk here we come! (instead of oDesk hehe)
I, for one, wish you luck. If you're good there's a lot to improve upon.
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http://bitgigs.com/
http://www.bitcoinjobs.com/
http://workforbitcoin.com/
http://www.bitcoiners.org/
http://bitcoin.jobamatic.com/a/jobs/find-jobs
Yea, you should totally get right on that. That's something that doesn't currently exist in the community.
http://www.bitcoinjobs.com/
http://workforbitcoin.com/
http://www.bitcoiners.org/
http://bitcoin.jobamatic.com/a/jobs/find-jobs
Yea, you should totally get right on that. That's something that doesn't currently exist in the community.
So after I posted this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.937407 I came to the point that people want a bitcoin job board.
Some features I already working on,
If you guys want any other questions/features just leave them in this thread, and this thread will also serve as a way to update the community about this project...
Some features I already working on,
- Feedback of developers and job posters
- Profiles, but anyone can post ads or respond
- After a developer gets a job with a poster and poster confirms this, the post becomes a private or public message board to discuss the project/task at hand(SUGGESTED)
- Developers will be able to add all skills that they have to a profile and search based on that
- RSS of all jobs
- As developers and posters that have created accounts will be able to rank into trusted members
If you guys want any other questions/features just leave them in this thread, and this thread will also serve as a way to update the community about this project...
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