A Solution to the Tension Between Worker Shortage and the Hungry Hungry Developer
summary
Proposes replacing impersonal coding tests with gleanings: small, real repo tasks like back-burner bugs, documentation updates or isolated feature slices offered as paid mini-projects that candidates complete in the project’s environment. Claims a simple model (4 hiring stages at $4,000 total, $1,000 per stage; 200 applicants, 10 shortlisted) shows paying ~$8–$10 to 50 responders can break even on a stage and eliminate another, saving thousands per hire while giving verifiable work samples; warns about leaking secrets, entitlement and legal review.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:30About Jordan
- 2:05Before I Begin
- 2:51My Career Background
- 3:24Reality Hit
- 5:13My Story
- 6:50Coding Challenges
- 10:50Interviews
- 11:32Why arent coding challenges useful
- 12:53An alternative to altruism
- 13:43A surprising source of abundance
- 15:07Paya
- 17:50Benefits
- 18:58Numbers
- 19:24Glassdoor
- 22:09Legal Challenges
- 22:55Questions
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