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.
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!
@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?
@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.
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.
@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!
@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.
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?
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?
@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
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
@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!
@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
@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.
@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
@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.
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