Developers should get hired based on their work
We’ve all been there. Sending resumes down a black hole never to hear back. Dealing with HR people who are reading off a checklist of requirements that they don’t really understand. Going through months of algo-fueled interviews.
The Software Engineer job process can be frustrating, challenging and often times unnecessarily painful. We think project based hiring is one way to make it better.
If you love to code and have built awesome stuff, you should be able to leverage that to get a job. I mean, isn’t that at the end of the day what matters? Not your degree or if you can invert a binary tree on a white board, but the fact that you can actually do the job?
Project Job’s goal is to allow developers to be able to show case what they have built and ultimately match with employers who appreciate this.
The idea is simple. Usually an employer starts with a perfect candidate in mind and tries to match them to an available job. We think there is utility in flipping this script.
So rather than the perfect candidate, employers search for projects that closely match their requirements. If you have to build a React app with a Python Flask API backend, then search for projects that have those. And then, if you like what you see, contact the developer who created them. There are inherent advantages to this approach.
Employers match with better candidates. Turns out the person who’s already built a React app with a Python Flask API is very likely a good candidate for building a React App with a Python Flask API.
Hires hit the ground running. Since they have already done projects that are similar to your requirements, they will onboard faster and be able to contribute faster.
Employers discover hidden gems. There are a lot of great developers who are ignored by HR of big companies because they don’t fit their image of what a developer at their company should be like e.g. they went to a coding bootcamp instead of having a CS degree.
Diversity Hires. Employers put themself in a position to discover candidates with more diverse backgrounds.
Calling all devs: build your portfolio
Check out Project Job to submit your projects!
Here is a quick overview of what you can do to build a portfolio on Project Job.
You can build a publicly shareable profile once you log in. The profile is empty but you can upload your image for a profile avatar and add some details of your job title and skills.
The bottom section has a list of your projects. You can add up to 3 projects to be featured in the projects list. This is your chance to stand out so give a nice overview of what went into building that project. Who knows if someone is looking for a dev to build them something like that!
Here is a quick example of yours truly adding a project.
And that’s it! Your project is now part of our project listings. You can also share your profile as well as specific projects with the world. Who knows your future employer / cofounder / collaborator might be on the look out. :)
You can go to Project Job to submit your projects now!
