Offer HN: I can take on a Rails project. Pay (or not) at the end.
I am a recent grad from a developing country and I am having an extraordinarily hard time to find work (in the states or Europe, here the wages are too low and I have no opportunity to evolve), even though I think I am fairly skilled developer for someone who is 23 years. I interned at a good company developing software and I am a regular follower of web and other news.
The downside to all of this is that all code I have written is closed source, so all my talk about how well maintained and well tested my code just doesnt fly with recruiters. Most ask for open source contributions and others wont even take on international applicants.
In light of this, I am reaching out to the HN community with a proposal. I will take on Rails projects and you choose to pay me depending on the quality of the result. This will get me off the ground in terms of marketable projects and I will be motivated to work because I might get paid.
What do you think?