Flexiple

@mzatorski Thanks a lot! Dev shops or software houses typically work well when you want to outsource entire workflows or features, typically not core to the product. Our primary offering is staff augmentation, where the developer works like an extended team member. As you said, some software houses offer the extended team services as well and the model is then mostly similar to ours. It then just comes down to the quality of talent :)

@karthik_sridharan Thanks for the reply! I see a lot of value in your product and can definitely imagine how it could have helped some projects that I've been a part of. One more question for you; I mostly work on the Polish market and many customers hire developers from Poland to reduce costs. Where is most of your developer roster based in and how do you stay competitive in terms of pricing?

@mzatorski Thanks! Our talent is distributed across 50+ countries but has a higher density in India, & certain African countries. We have a good pool in Eastern Europe and Latin America too, but are trying to grow even further there. To stay competitive in the market, we negotiate long-term contracts with our clients and talent, so that they see value in working at a lower cost.

@salil_sethi Hey Salil, thanks a lot :) Great question! Here's how: 1. Evaluation: Our evaluation process enables us to get to know a candidate in absolute detail and over the years we have parameterized inputs at a very fine level. 2. Requirements gathering: We have a detailed call with each company to understand their expectations - both technical and cultural. Both 1 & 2 together make accurate matching a science rather than a chance. Beyond the above 2 points: 3. Manual matching & hand-holding: Even after the above process, we have a manual step in between where our internal tech expert reviews each of the recommendations made to companies. Our talent team ensures that there is alignment of expectations. We succeed quite well on this. 4. However, we understand how big a decision it is to add someone to one's team. So, we offer the first week as a no-risk trial :)

@karthik_sridharan Thanks for the thoughtful answer. Excited to try out Flexiple for our next role.

@salil_sethi Sounds great, Salil. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of help even otherwise :)

@reema_bharti1 haha, thank you ma'am 💙

@akshay_menon Thanks Akshay - indeed, miles to go before we sleep :P

@iam5hravan thanks for the kind words, Shravan! Will continue delivering on the promise of making your life easier :)

@iam5hravan Thanks a lot for taking the time to support us, Shravan :)

@chiritescu_stefan Very well put :) We filter for clients just like we do on the talent side. So, we ensure quality clients & work upfront. On top of this, the payments for devs & designers are guaranteed by Flexiple. While we align separately on advance payments, invoice cycles etc. with clients, this never concerns the talent and they get paid on what's aligned with Flexiple. Having said that, typical risks with freelancing (and a solo business for that matter) still exist. An example would be periods of no work between projects. We work hard to get long terms projects & upfront clarity to solve for this, but we also align with the talent on potential risks like these :)

@karthik_sridharan I thought you might have some things in place in regards of that matter :D. Really happy to hear that you're trying to look at this industry as a whole, taking into consideration different perspectives. And yes, there are always risks. But i guess this is what Flexiple tries to do, minimise those risks. Thank you for your response.

@mehdi_rifai Hey Mehdi, thanks a lot! To handpick talent, we have a pretty extensive process. 1. Start with reviewing their application and seeing if they actually have depth in their past work 2. There is technical coding test that everyone has to pass through 3. A live technical interview with our panel of interviewers Only those who get through these rounds join our talent network. For designers, we have a more subjective process at the moment of reviewing their portfolio and an interview call. Of course, even after they join the network, we review our talent's performance with clients :) Our charges depend on the talent picked and also the duration of the contract. Please don't hesitate to hit me or my co-founder up! :)

@karthik_sridharan thank you for your very thorough answer!