Btw, Wouldn't a good anti-recruiter mechanism be that you only allow employer accounts when you verify that the user represents an actual company etc?

We plan on only giving access to accounts with @company.com emails (where company will be researched ideally by our staff to be a legit tech company). Can you think of any other mechanisms we should have in place?

I understand that this is your MVP and you are simply gauging the developer interest at the moment, but I would love to see what you are pitching to the employers. No, this is not about me not trusting you, I am just curious why would the other side use this (or how you will convince them to use it). Since you are building a marketplace, I would like to see how you are attracting both ends of the transaction

Great question. The biggest value employers get is significantly higher response rate from developers. Compare it with linkedin inmails where most of the interview offers are considered spam because developers don't see the incremental monetary value in offers.

Well ofcourse there ARE benefits to them, but I would just like to see you present it to them as awesomely as you presented to us devs

Yes we are slowly inviting the 'other side'. We do want it to be awesome and create real value!

What's in it for the companies? I presume easier and better candidates to interview. Many companies have to wade through a sea of rubbish applicants, interview some and get no-where. If they can make it easier for the companies to get people, that's what's in it for them.

companies will be able to get better candidates (who aren't usually applying for jobs actively) if they are willing to pay. Just like a free market.

I remember once the screen in front of me crashed and clearly booted up some flavour of linux. (it even displayed the penguin!) Oh and i think it did end up on a console... though there were no USB ports visible at the time

I've seen this too.

One developer did something like that. She'd use subtitiles to create .gif's of movie quotes. made a utility for it! will post if i can find the link

Interesting case: i searched "screw you" and it als turned up results like "are you screwing with me?" , "we would have been screwed..." etc

I tried using Sublime text 3 for markdown but there was no significant syntax highlighting.

Does Facebook count in this? I mean they did start with Eduardo Saverin's $10k as bootstrap money no?

Already doing this in Trello =)

Totally viable. Riot Games is pulling it off with League of Legends. Exact same case: money is just for skins etc. All the money in the world won't give you any unfair advantage. Oh and yes, HUGE competitive scene.

well yes, but they pieces aren't just bricks now. They have all sorts of special shape pieces, not to mention the Lego character accessories like flippers, swords, mugs etc etc.

But they still would mostly have the "universal snapping mount"?[1] I also had the feeling this wasn't legos, since that mount doens't appear.

(Ok, maybe not swords which go in minifigures hands.)

Everything pictured on that page can be connected to something else in one way or another. The lifejackets you put on by taking the dude's head off then on again. The "dragons" are missing the top part of their heads.

Yes, this is Lego, actual genuine Lego. They come in a wide array of shapes.

Not entirely sure why you think this matters?