Gitcoin Job Recruitment Feedback

gitcoin_job_recruitment_feedback.md

Gitcoin Job Recruitment Feedback

Main Takeaways & Agreements

1. We actually don't have 40k developers, only 2-3K are active at one time.
2. Agree that our data moat is the real way to sustainability monetize, not hackathon deals.
3. Agree with the assessment that hackathons bring in developers.
4. Agree that we hold a unique way of verifying users based on ACTUAL work done, not just resumes and what people can say they do, but ACTUAL actions on our platform, and work that is done.
5. Needed convincing, but can see that building a job portal serves a dual function of organization branding on Gitcoin's site, an incentive for even more developers to come onto our platform to actually create AND populate a legit profile on our site.
6. Re-iterating that our core competency is not only having user data, but being able to build a "project" portfolio on our site (like a LinkedIn + Github that people actually look at wrt live projects and demos).

Market Questions

1. Does point number 6 under main takeaways set us apart enough from our competitors?

Implementation Questions

1. What's the smallest, most independent section that we could build and test to see if something like this generates the attention and traction necessary? I think this the most important to immediately get market feedback on this project.

   • like thinking even smaller than your wireframes, could we test it somehow by creating a fake link or something that people would click on if they saw that a sponsor had job postings, pre-registration or something?
   • add an option in the hackathon registration questions about if they're here looking for a job?

2. How do we quantitatively measure the success of the independent experiment?