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I like that they have the ability for one employer to ask a question and have that question answered in public for all other auction-goers to see. Seems like they have put a lot of thought into the website design.

At least from what I have seen, the Valley is much friendlier when it comes to job-hopping than most other markets. Maybe changing jobs every year is a little extreme, but certainly every 2-3 years is not out of the question.

You mean www.developerauction.com?

This reminds me of the "fellowship" programs such as those offered by Bain Venture Capital Group (http://www.baincapitalventures.com/startupacademy/) and Greylock Partners Network (http://www.greylock.com/careers).

For those who haven't heard of either - essentially they allow candidates to apply to a broader "portfolio" of companies that Greylock or Bain represents. Internal recruiters then try to match the candidate skillset and interests with a company from the portfolio for a potential placement.

So why can't Developer Auction candidates go through a more rigorous selection process? I would assume it is not nearly as easy to scale. But certainly, as many others have echoed, their screening process is a far cry from something that will produce 25x candidates.

I applaud the effort and look forward to seeing this develop.

I like the "zoom" example - but it looks like there is more to the picture. Maybe you could include an indicator that shows when you have hit the edge of a page?

Same here. Maybe you can have the text mirror the text on the tshirt and have both editable?

Regardless of the actual content, I applaud the "storytelling" way of presenting content. With a flow of examples that tie into each other the reader is given background context and can say to him/herself "I've had that problem before!", as I found myself doing.

Great work! Landing looks clean and within 15 seconds I know exactly what the core message and values are. I appreciate the work you guys have done to make it as transparent as possible as I know that is a major point of contention when it comes to crowdfunding.

Small nit: Is it just me or is the "email" button on the profile page actually popping up the share modal on hover?

You should check out TAGLab at the University of Toronto. They are working on a very similar problem. One of their projects involves a touch-sensitive picture album where the patient can request interaction with a loved one. The patient taps a picture and a notification goes to the recipient, and on the other end the recipient can take a photo or write a note or record a video to send back.

http://taglab.utoronto.ca/