This is a pretty revolutionary idea is applicable to more than developers. It would be great to see a similar concept/site be developed for UX/UI designers…
We're allowing UX/UI designers into the system, despite our name. Huge, huge unmet demand from the employers that we have in our database. Might have to rebrand to be more all encompassing :)
Just make sure you include a portfolio of your work with your application.
> "The person who demonstrates most knowledge about the shortcomings of their own solution and the benefits of all the alternatives is the best best equipped to make the call."
I like this approach of having the person who points out all of the good in others' designs and the flaws in their own designs is best qualified and/or unbiased to make the call on the "best design."
How do you identify this person though? Isn't "the person who demonstrates most knowledge about the shortcomings of their own solution and the benefits of all the alternatives is the best" a subjective determination? What if a handful of people are all demonstrating this ability? Do you have all of them "make the call" by committee? That seems to defeat the purpose of this exercise...
Hey Luke,
I see where you're coming from. It is subjective, but the key benefit is really that people are more likely to naturally cede to the person most equipped to make the call. The argument is really about establishing that. If it comes down to a 1 v 1 situation where two guys are at loggerheads, then yeah, some design principal needs to be step in and make a call. But the process hopefully reduces how often this is necessary.
This post raises a bigger question for the US: What will we do with all of the vacant retail space that is abandoned as shopping continues to go online?
I wonder if there are companies out there working on innovative ways to fill this space. After all, not _everything_ will be a coffee shop...right?
Awesome (concise, yet detailed) post, Brian! I was just talking to a co-founder friend the other night who suggested the same approach. It's brilliantly-simple and is ideal for people looking to talk about their ideas without having to build them or smaller teams.
a) Quora has superior search and multi-layer taxonomy (see Quora Topics)
b) Quora allows others to suggest edits on content -- crowdsourced proofreading and updating!
c) Quora allows users to create content for you -- crowdsourced documentation (coincidently building a hiring pipeline)!
d) Airbnb's mission/business is to help people list and book places to stay, Airbnb's mission/business is not to engineer a great help center or build a collection of all the questions and answers people might ask about Airbnb. Focus on what you're passionate about -- hosting cool places to stay.
e) Quora's mission is to be "a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it." [1] In essence, it's Quora's mission to organize exactly this type of information...why not use it for what it's trying to be?
I've been an investor since 2007 and though I still fully believe in the company and its continued growth, I feel that the stock price's exponential growth in recent months is out of line with it's actual performance. Don't get me wrong, the price should be rising, but not this quickly. Broader market forces are at play in this and I would expect a market correction to occur in the coming weeks or months, which will have a significant effect on AAPL because it has a beta hovering around 2. Of course, the question is: When will the correction take place?
I've been a shareholder since 2007 and I would seriously consider selling if they offered a dividend. Offering dividends is not what true growth companies with good plans for the future do. FWIW, I'm far from risk-averse; I wouldn't invest in a single company that offers a dividend due to the implied lack of growth and innovation that is implied by giving away retained earnings that could be used for R&D, strategic acquisitions and new business initiatives. In Apple's case, this includes new markets/products, increased retail exposure and strategic exclusive supply chain deals.
I hope, for Apple's sake and our own, that they don't offer a dividend anywhere in the near future, if ever.
This is correct. It would be a huge event if Apple started paying dividends and I'm fairly certain the market would not react kindly to that. The reason is, the market is pricing the Apple stock high due to what they think is coming in the future. They see lots of growth and expect the stock to increase in price. If Apple starts pay a dividend, that means they have decided that they aren't a high growth company anymore, and more of a stable giant (CocaCola, GE, etc). So all the analysts who thought they were going to have a certain amount of sales and growth have to readjust their predictions. Lower earnings predictions = lower stock price.
My girlfriend and I are absolutely love dogs, but don't own one (yet). We love to dog-sit for friends and would even consider doing it for strangers. With that, I have two ideas that may improve overall engagement and successful matches:
1) Allow non-owners to create more robust profiles. I'd imagine if some of our friends saw that we really like dog-sitting, they'd consider asking us and/or reaching out to us if they were looking for a sitter. As it currently stands, all I can do is provide name, email and phone number.
2) Allow owners to post to friends of friends or perhaps consider making it the default if people seem open to it -- I would imagine that owners would be okay with others dog-sitting if they had a mutual friend who they trusted. Because people have an average of 200 friends, that means that potential sitters go from 200 to 40,000. Also, consider allowing the non-owners to reach out to friends of friends who need a sitter.
Great idea and nice MVP. I hope those ideas helped and I hope you all succeed!
It's like you've been reading our emails... Completely agree with both of your points here! We're already talking about ways to allow non-owners to create a more robust profile, and are thinking about how to grow each user's graph beyond direct friends, including some elements similar to LinkedIn (e.g. your direct friends giving an endorsement to their friends, so when you see a friend of friend come up as an option, you see 5 other direct friends have vouched for that person and their love/ ability to watch dogs).
Thanks so much for the input, and would love to hear more as you continue diving into the current release! =)
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