On: Show HN: Microtasks

[gargarplex]

I understand that you think it won't work for you. That's why we have the system of no payment until your work is complete.

The supply/demand economics are such that enough programmers are available to bang out work in exchange for quick cash.

Honestly, have you ever posted a question on Stack Overflow in a popular category? People can't wait to post answers.. for free. Programmers love to show off their talent and smarts.

Now, imagine that they were being paid. And with Code For Cash, they are. They get money as well as ego shoutouts in Slack, etc. It's almost as if it's like Stack Overflow's reputation system, but backed by cash as well as ego :P

[tmzt → gargarplex]

Though actual gamification, as well as Stack Overflow and Github integration could be useful here.

There might be a role for a go-to programmer for a specific type of task, or somebody that would be really good at delegating to a specific sub-team, this could even be extended to Scrum-as-a-service as has been tried by a couple of companies now.

This could be built up organically based on reputation and completion of a specific type of task or using experience using a specific technology.

It would also be neat to be able to pick up a more complete task like building an app to spec and then sub-task out the HTML and/or CSS to somebody with more UX talent but less application development skills (not everybody is or should be a full-stack developer.)

I personally know a few people that are killer at UX/UI and barely competent in JQuery, so I would love to hand one of them the task of building a React component from a scaffold with all it's CSS goodness, or taking some that I built and constructing a well-ordered page around them.