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Hey @DavidAdams, Our intentions are not to bait and switch and so far responses have been very positive. I believe most developers share your surprise when they hear about the overhead to hiring, I did. I appreciate that using outside help to build a team is not right for every stage company.

After looking at the dismal state of recruiting and the enormous typical placement fees that well exceed $25K on avg across the US for developer positions, we feel our pricing is comparatively low and the experience and results, superior.

We found that matchmaking developers and companies may seem like simple quick transactions, and many recruiters treat it that way, but the reality is it is a time intensive process to do it right.

(EDIT: typo)




>the overheard to hiring

Did you mean overhead?

Moreover, it seems like you don't validate your form input at all. (Sorry about the entry. My email address is not really aa.)


Validating email addresses via anything but verification links are a road to hell.


True, but it's not a bad idea to check for an @ in the string as a sanity check, in case the user has accidentally put their username/password/other in the field.


Why? Just restrict your validation in the UI to a warning.

For email addresses, most deviations from a simple pattern are mistakes.




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