I started writing software in 1984. Over the years I worked with many languages, technologies, and tools. I have been in leadership positions since the early 2000s, and in executive roles since 2014.
Yes! I think this is an awesome idea, Ben. It would be a great service for folks who are interested in consulting and sharing their expertise, and for people who are looking for consultants.
It could be as simple as something that allows people to find each other and then gets out of the way, all the way to a system that can manage consulting fee payments, service reviews and ratings.
Yeah the first iteration could focus more on discovery but let the rest happen off-platform. I still think that the user experience is hurt if there is too much variance in what the next step might be, but we usually like to ship things iteratively, so even if it'd take a year for us to really get the details right, we could have something out the door pretty quickly if we stuck to the top of the funnel, sort of like what we're doing with the job listings.
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Yes! I think this is an awesome idea, Ben. It would be a great service for folks who are interested in consulting and sharing their expertise, and for people who are looking for consultants.
It could be as simple as something that allows people to find each other and then gets out of the way, all the way to a system that can manage consulting fee payments, service reviews and ratings.
Yeah the first iteration could focus more on discovery but let the rest happen off-platform. I still think that the user experience is hurt if there is too much variance in what the next step might be, but we usually like to ship things iteratively, so even if it'd take a year for us to really get the details right, we could have something out the door pretty quickly if we stuck to the top of the funnel, sort of like what we're doing with the job listings.