Riphyak

Talking to Napoleon? Guided meditation?

I'm sure this barely scratches the surface. What's your weirdest fantasy involving ChatGPT or Midjourney?

My top 3:

1) Micro co-working within a walking distance from home; 2) AI for embedded simultaneous translation during video calls; 3) A cheap camera/alert system to prevent car break-ins.

Problem: In async communication (e.g. leaving message to someone 5+ timezones away - and seeing their response only the next day) #1 reason for the time lost is that when I leave a task/memo for someone and forget some important detail - I only learn the next day that the work has been on hold because the other person had been waiting for my response to their question.

A possible solution would be an ML algorithm that analyses our previous communication and structure of the memo - and immediately asks me the questions that would most likely arise.

My question to AI wizards: is this technically feasible in the current state of technology?

Hey Hackers,

A desperate call for feedback here.

I must be doing something utterly wrong.

After working for 5+ years in tech recruitment and having built a profitable company in the space generating $1M+ ARR - I finally admit that I know nothing about this market.

For the last 2 months I and my co-founder have been working on https://greenlight.jobs/employers/ - a marketplace that connects businesses with vetted overseas engineers looking for remote work opportunities. It is a 'reverse' job marketplace, where 'poachable' candidates list their anonymized profiles. As a result, employers see available candidates immediately - which shortens time-to-hire many times. It also gives businesses access to the new and huge 'hidden' pool of talent.

I had great faith in this idea for at least 3 reasons: 1) Post-COVID, hiring engineers became even tougher than before. 2) Remote becomes the new normal - and consequently international hiring is on the rise, with companies like Deel or Remote - that provide paperwork and payroll for foreign employees, surpassing billion-dollar valuations; 3) There are tens of thousands of brilliant engineers on local markets that speak decent English, and are happy to work for an American startup for $100K-120K + equity.

We have seen a lot of entusiasm from candidates - and quickly got a strong first batch of senior React+Node full-stack developers.

However after we launched the employers website - the interest turned to be surprisingly low. We got only 4 job postings so far, 1 from last weeks' Show HN (4 upvotes, 3 comments) and 3 from Bookface. Today Greenlight launched on Product Hunt - and got only 29 upvotes so far.

I strongly believe in the vision of work knowing no borders on the future - so don't want to give up on this easily. I would therefore be grateful for any piece of feedback that would help me understand what may we be missing.

Thanks!

A. Recruiter

B. Job portal (which one?)

C. A referral (from a friend or co-worker)

D. Sent resume to the target employer

E. Direct outreach from an employer

F. Other

There are many good engineers in non-English speaking countries. They may read and write (and code) in English well, but struggle with verbal communication.

Would you hire such an engineer provided there is a professional simultaneous interpreter with them at each call, paid by the engineer?

Looking for a feedback on a startup idea, fuelled by the recent boom in engineering jobs market.

Let's say you join a well-funded Silicon Valley company on a full-time basis (and a Bay Area level of salary), but for a limited time: usually between 6 and 12 months.

You get 1-month notice before the engagement ends and after that receive fixed monthly retainer until you get another similar offer.

What would look like a reasonable retainer to make this worth considering for you?

Let's say you contract 3 React developers through an offshore software agency. They remain employees of the agency, but 100% of their time is paid by you and they don't take any other gigs. Basically they are like your full-time employees.

What term sounds most intuitive to describe this model?

A. Team extension

B. Dedicated team

C. Staff augmentation

D. Outstaffing

E. Other (please specify)

Thanks!