Gigster
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Hire a contract developer in 5 minutes
Roger Dickey
Gigster 2.0 β€” Hire a development team in 5 minutes
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Sam Bauch
There's not a ton of info on becoming a gigster - what other pain points do you address for the engineer? I'm thinking particularly about issues like taxes, health insurance, vacation - the sort of things that a freelancer would miss from having a full time job.
Roger Dickey
To our friends on Product Hunt - Nearly a year in the making, we're excited to launch the new & improved Gigster! Gigster is software development on demand. Submit a web or mobile project & get a quote in 5 minutes. We hire a US-based team managed by a PM who gives you weekly updates. Gigster is backed by Y Combinator & Greylock and has done projects for Google, Square, and many venture-backed startups. What makes us unique? Exceptional developers & designers work in concert with an AI-powered platform to deliver projects faster, cheaper, and more consistently. Expect an incredible experience. Start a project by next week for a 10% discount, bottle of wine, and kick-ass Gigster swag. Please share any feedback or questions. Thanks again!
Nicolas Nemni
@rogerdickey Can you work on a project that is already started?
Michael Buckbee
@rogerdickey Very interesting - but I'm amazed that you're able to quickly scope projects (5 minutes!) and then also have a 'guaranteed' price. How do you balance that?
Roger Dickey
@nicolasegosum Hi Nicolas - yes. Let us know where to pick up and we'll start from there.
Roger Dickey
@mbuckbee We have been training a quoting engine for ~10 months. Sometimes we guess price wrong but it averages out on volume!
Ryan Castillo
@rogerdickey what parameters are you using for your quoting engine? I'd imagine for any AI to work it's got to be actual numbers. The main one I can think of at this point is project hours estimated versus time it actually took.
Frank Fumarola
I submitted a project over 2 months ago and never got a response after repeated follow ups. There may be room to improve quality before driving more volume.
bryan s arnold
I love everything this represents. I am highly intrigued? Who wouldn't be?!
Shachar Gilad
Nice. Added to my 'Services Marketplaces' collection http://www.producthunt.com/@shac...
Roger Dickey
Zaheer Mohiuddin
@rrhoover don't forget about Gigster for today's remote job collection! It's 100% remote!
Jaime Macias
What is different about this release vs. the announcement that was on product hunt 2 months ago?
Roger Dickey
@jmacias We may have been included in a collection (like the YC collection) but we weren't totally done with the product then. Current version is more solid with a bigger team supporting it!
Jaime Macias
@rogerdickey ahh got it. Service was great. Unfortunately the app I contracted for couldn't be built after some discovery. Received a prompt refund and a t-shirt in the mail. Will use your service again.
Andrea Grasso
Got to update that Google logo πŸ˜›
Matt Messinger
The pricing examples are pretty confusing. For example, are you saying that it costs 19k for 3 months for a web project using a developer who worked at Facebook? To build something like Facebook? To integrate with Facebook? Can you clarify what these actually mean?
Costa Caruso
Are you actively looking for devs? There's no info or FAQ for devs -- only a signup link. Kind of difficult to decide without knowing what to expect. Makes me think you you have too many devs for current demand so you're not optimizing for dev acquisition?
Roger Dickey
@costayolo That's right, we aren't really optimizing for that right now. The network mostly grows through referrals but if you're interested let's talk: roger AT trygigster.com
Justin Kwong
Have had 2 projects with Gigster and am quite disappointed so far... High code quality, but poor communication and adherence to milestones/timelines. Really hoping that they can pull through in the end though -- will keep you all updated
Justin Kwong
@justinckwong Update -- Turns out that there was a huge miscommunication and Gigster more than made up for their inconvenience. Debo, Roger, and the team are amazing and would highly recommend Gigster to anyone!
Dave Schools
Anyone else getting an application error when trying to start a new project? I could really use this service.
dolaoseb
@daveschools_ Sorry about that! Can you try now?
Michael Buckbee
@levandreessen The "Hey Product Hunters" banner link to create a new project is the one that is erroring -> https://app.trygigster.com/new?s...
Steve RAFFNER
I sent a project to quote one year ago - follow-up was terrible. I hope v2 is different.
John McClelland
@steveraffner Was gigster even around then? I'm pretty sure they launched this year.
John McClelland
@vladciurca It was a rhetorical question, I know when they launched. The company has been around longer than a year, but the service didn't launch until early 2015. See the original 'hunted' Gigster. :P
Steve RAFFNER
@worldhistorical I contacted them (Debo) on December 6th 2014 - had half a dozen emails with them - never got any clear answer/proposal to my brief yet.
Sydney Liu
Congratulations @rogerdickey this is awesome!
Lee mahayati
@rogerdickey i just know this site a while ago.. Actually how to apply as a designer? When i saw the website,it seems the job just for internal gigster. Thanks
Roger Dickey
@en_kawai you can email us here - jmo@gigster.com
Ben Thompson
@rogerdickey β€” congratulations. awesome concept that clearly resonates! curious, how do vet talent prior to deployment?
Roger Dickey
@thebent We have an application form similar to YC, then a phone screen, then the developers do a test project or go through a brief probation period before being admitted.
Benji Taylor
Looks really promising. Lets see how it goes...
Eli K.
@Rogerdickey Are you developers strictly employed by Gigster? Or can your teams roam freely on other freelance gigs?
Roger Dickey
@eli_s_kami Nothing but free range developers! That's why the best work for Gigster. We don't tie them down.
Alan
Awesome company and great group of people. Highly recommend.
Ankit Mishra
@rogerdickey do you welcome, small budget projects, example : less than $500
Roger Dickey
@aankitmishraa Our minimum is generally $1-2k.