Sidemake

Side-projects by makers with day-jobs at top tech companies.

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Side-projects by makers with day-jobs at top tech companies.

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Sidemake is a community of techies with day-jobs at top tech companies, building or interested in side projects. You can stay 100% anonymous if you wish.

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Yeah, because the people at Yelp are "All-star" makers. Seriously? Perhaps be more inclusive to the rest of the world, innovation and talent aren't just companies you have heard of or primarily in the United States. "Open your mind Kuato" to who you think "qualifies as an "all-star." This reeks of an attitude I wish would go away in the tech world. Sincerely, Disgruntled, unqualified non-tech non-all-star PS,

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7yr ago

Prototypr

@timmywahba @betocmn when i was sidemaking whilst working at a corp, I would have loved advice from others doing the same - i never felt quite safe talking about side projects at work. I think that's the problem this can solve..more of a support network. "All star" makers seems to be aiming the whole concept at people who don't need that support 🤔..maybe it can be branded differently, so it's tailored to the people using it - then it may not feel as excluding

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7yr ago

Songbox

@timmywahba I very initially felt the same as you, but pretty quickly realised that if this was just open to any old arsehole (like me) then it would be immediately valueless. The people at “yelp” may not be superstars but Yelp is a globally known brand, which makes it interesting and on point for an app such as this. If it was just an open directory of random people’s side projects then it would be... well it would product hunt.

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7yr ago

@mickc79 Hah - I like that. But there should be a happy medium. Instead of categorizing it as "all-stars" at "top-tech" companies, how about tech people working at "Corporate" - that would be more accurate. This is like the underground scene for the people grinding away 9-5 at a enterprise size tech firm, no? I am a big fan of Jam Sessions https://www.jamsessions.org/ shout out at https://www.ryanhefner.com @ryanhefner for putting it together. There I see talented people moonlighting on something no one else in their day-to-day know that they are slaving over their side-project - it's quality, it's human, and it's helpful.

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7yr ago

@betocmn I'd hit up every innovation hub or emerging hub - and pull from a site that's similar to digital.nyc - showing the lay of the land of their surrounding community.

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7yr ago

Songbox

@ryanhefner @timmywahba cool mate I’m going to check out jam sessions. I work the day job and no one there knows about my secret (and serious) side projects.

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7yr ago

The description here on ProductHunt was a bit misleading. I was expecting to at least see projects from the makers, even if I couldn't participate myself. Turns out it's more of a closed community and you can't even see the projects that have been created (yet?).

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7yr ago

@joostschuur @betocmn completely agree with Joost. Would be cool if we can see the projects from the outside, even if we aren't part of the community ourselves.

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7yr ago

@betocmn i think your forgetting other UK/European tech companies

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7yr ago

@betocmn creditladder, monzo bank, yola, ideal flatmates, graze, hellofresh, gusto, ocado

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7yr ago

Songbox

@betocmn @jamie_ross i disagree. We’re getting into the realms of just listing any company we can think of. I’d recommend keeping it tightly locked down to REALLY well known global tech companies. Most of which realistically are American. By the way I’m from the uk 🇬🇧

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7yr ago

@betocmn @mickc79 i agree, we 🇬🇧should do something about that

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7yr ago

I immediately closed the tab after I saw this "Access restricted to side-makers with day-jobs at:"

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7yr ago

@fancsiki Yes, seems a pretty exclusive club. Would be nice of non-eligible people could at least see some of these side projects.

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7yr ago

stoic.

What's the story behind making this @betocmn?

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7yr ago

Songbox

This is a really clever and great idea. Very annoyed I never thought of it lol.

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7yr ago

I get you want to qualify a bit, but def not feeling the love. I work at an enterprise software company, just not one on the list. A shame, this looked cool.

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7yr ago

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