Congrats on the launch!! Love the concept and excited to try it at Clearbit.
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Great question! When we don't have an email address (or company domain) in cache we use our robust worker platform to doing live lookups. We leverage Sidekiq Pro to process millions of Lookup Jobs per day. We can typically finish a Person Lookup in under 3 seconds by leveraging the massive concurrency that Sidekiq affords us.
I see your point. We're finding that we want to focus in on real validated feedback from past clients and simple case studies of the work.
We're still thinking through the actual metrics that make sense to profile, and I can definitely see that Github scores might not be very important.
I'd love to go deeper in how we can create a framework for case studies if you're free to connect offline. matt@theworkmob.com
I hear you on the "commoditization" of freelance software work, and we're actually trying to fight that. We're trying to build the freelancer site that actually built for the freelancer, and gives them a way to be found by the types of clients they're looking for. VS. what exists today where freelancers bid against each other, have to deal with shitty job descriptions, and less than awesome clients.
Would love to talk more offline if you're open to it. matt@theworkmob.com
We've taken the position of freelancer discovery over matchmaking. Our goal is to give freelancers a great way to be discovered by filtered clients, based on specific skills and experience qualifications.
We want make it possible for freelancers and clients to find each other more efficiently, and we're not going to be involved with the actual project or contract.
For your example, we might serve as the place where the client found the 3 consultants that were invited to pitch with a cover letter, resume, and case studies.
Thanks for being awesome.