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no talent churn with learn to earn
Learning Dollars Talent is a network of vetted engineers, who are financially incentivized to engage in continuous and lifelong learning.
Motivated Engineers
Our engineers are the skilled group who actually make it through our tough vetting and training. They are not only smart and creative, but also responsive and responsible. They have been held accountable for complex projects and have delivered. Engineers have proven themselves through tests and lab practicals in software engineering, algorithms, business communication, and mathematics. They have either gone through LD Talent's internal paid training program or they are from top global Computer Science institutions. For each engineer we introduce you to, we will provide you their resumé which attests to their ability.
The above of are just 8 out of the 100s of engineers in our network.
You can request introductions to engineers of specific skill sets and engagement types and you'll receive matches over email.
If you need introductions to contract, full-time, or student software engineers (US-based or international), Learning Dollars Talent has a pretty big rolodex. You can request introductions to engineers of specific skill sets and engagement types and you'll receive matches over email.
Client Gallery
Our clients include seed-stage and pre-seed startups, large and mid-size companies, as well as universities and labs.
ePluribus
Learning Dollars Talent provides the best way I’ve seen to involve top-notch engineers at a moment’s notice. We needed someone who could take a glance at our code and quickly integrate several aspects of our platform. There wasn’t time for a long recruitment process, or for sifting through online proposals. Without LD Talent, we would have struggled to find such a high quality engineer on such a short timeline. The team at LD Talent is organized and responsive. These are real people helping you, not just an algorithm or a feedback form. They care about your experience, and they care about the results. They’ve built a solid operation with the attention to detail you’d expect in your own product. If you’re looking for high quality freelance work without all the hassle, LD Talent should be your first stop.
Liam McCartyCEO
Yale Class of 1969
Our college class wanted to create a private, highly interactive, “community” website that we could use to keep in touch and prepare for a major reunion. We thought that a highly customized Drupal or WordPress site could meet our needs. After presenting Learning Dollars Talent with a set of specifications, we were delighted to have Hitesh, a WordPress developer, help us refine our thinking and ultimately deliver a very sophisticated, demanding project on budget. As a 5-time CEO of VC-backed companies, I have worked with many teams, both onshore and offshore, in India and Eastern Europe, and I can say that Hitesh at Learning Dollars Talent did an excellent job, highly efficiently and with a very positive attitude. He was a delight to work with. I will not hesitate to use LD Talent again when another project comes up.
Wayne WillisYale Class of 1969
test4me
Working with Learning Dollars Talent was a great experience. I was able to get backend, frontend, and Devops help all in one place. Aldian (the engineer) had good communication skills, delivered high quality work, and was flexible. I will definitely be coming back.
Estefania OrtizStanford Computer Science '16
Citizen Health
Working with Learning Dollars Talent was a great experience. I was able to get backend, frontend, and Devops help all in one place. Aldian (the engineer) had good communication skills, delivered high quality work, and was flexible. I will definitely be coming back.
Caleb KumarStanford STS '17
ESLHunter
ESLHunter is a site that connects English teaching institutions in East Asia to instructors in the U.S. and other countries. In July 2018, we had completed most of the back-end coding for our site, but we did not have the expertise to work on the front-end coding. We contacted Learning Dollars Talent to help us finish the site, and we were connected with an outstanding engineer named Lauro. Lauro completed the tasks we gave him promptly, his communication with our team was excellent, and the quality of his work was outstanding. The most unique aspect of LD Talent was the ease in which we were able to get the work we needed completed. The LD Talent process, including messaging, contracts and billing, made it easy for our team to use the service. And something that I expected would be painful like hiring a software engineer actually ended up being a very fun and affordable experience. I would highly recommend anyone looking for software services in the future to use Learning Dollars Talent!
Sylesh Volla and Jaebum LeeStanford Computer Science '17
You can find more case studies and testimonials at:
blog.learningdollars.com/category/case-study/.
How It Works and Pricing
You can request engineer resumés of specific skill sets and engagement types, and you'll receive matches over email.
For each engineer match, you will receive an email, and a link to a matches pages where you can view their resumé.
You will be able to request introductions to engineers you are interested in on that matches page by pressing Try, Interview, or Request Referral.
10 Hour Free Trial
(International Talent)
Free
- Slack Based Intros to Devs
- Try any # of Devs
- Slack-Based Time Tracking
- No Credit Card Required
- Slack-Based Support
VETTED INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS
$35/h
- Slack Based Intros to Devs
- Try any # of Devs
- Slack-Based Time Tracking
- Paid after 10h Free Trial
- Slack-Based Support
VETTED US-BASED CONTRACTORS
$80+/h
- Slack Based Intros to Devs
- Interview Any # of Devs
- Slack-Based Time Tracking
- Free Interviews
- Slack-Based Support
FULL-TIME ENGINEER RECRUITING
$2K - $10K
- Email Based Intros to Devs
- Request Referral to Devs
- Right to Hire Directly
- Pay Only After Hire
- Email-Based Support
About LD Talent, The "learn-to-earn" Pipeline, and Competitive Advantage
Since 2014, while at Stanford, Gobi Dasu noticed the high demand for qualified engineers, the quality problems with online freelance engineering, and the high attrition rates in massive online open courses (MOOCs). After a number of experiments, he developed an effective business model to address these problems.
LD Talent is an endeavor not just in engineering, education, and incentives, but also in meaningful economic uplift and meeting industry's demand for talent.
Our secret sauce is financially incentivized education of talent in our network, which lets us match you with quality engineers at affordable prices. Our goal is to solve the Computer Science skill gap. Industry wants the best and brightest talent but stigmatizes the need for engineers to constantly learn and grow. We have a culture where learning is embraced, and our training and vetting funnels bespeak these values.
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Each engineer either goes through the LD Talent paid training pipeline or joins directly as an elite developer, depending on his or her existing university affiliations.
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The paid training pipeline includes training and vetting in Business Communication, Computer Science, Algorithms, Source Control, UNIX, Internet Concepts, and Elective Skills such as Full-Stack or Mobile Development, Machine Learning, Game Development, AR/VR, Blockchain, etc.
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Then, engineers start accepting contract and/or full-time job opportunities.
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While engineers are not assigned to a contract or hired for a full-time opportunity, they can choose to learn online and do paid passion projects to grow their skills. Doing these passion projects also help the engineers get more and better matches.
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Finally, our talent matching algorithm is constantly learning about our engineers’ changing knowledge, performance, responsiveness, reliability, and other critical attributes. It therefore helps you find the best-fit contract or full-time talent your company needs.
Knowledge Map Cheatsheets for Interdisciplinary Innovation
To support engineers with the above 5 steps of project building and learning, LD Talent actively maintains https://github.com/gobid/knowledge-map-cheatsheets, a project with the goal to assemble all established knowledge into an efficient set of cheat sheets for interdisciplinary innovation.
A Comparison of Talent Platforms
| Platform | LD Talent | Toptal | Andela | Gigster | Recruiters, Linkedin | Upwork |
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| Free Trial | ||||||
| Vetting | ||||||
| Pricing |
Intl: $35+/h US: $80+/h Full-time: $10K Fee |
Intl: $60+/h US: $120+/h |
Intl: $50+/h | Us & Intl: $50K+ (Fixed Price) |
Full-time: $25K Fee | Intl: $10+/h US: $40+/h |
| Payment | Can fund any amount of hours | Must Fund 1-2 weeks |
Must Fund 1 month |
Must Fund Milestones 5K+ |
One-Time Fee | Can fund any amount |
| Buyout Options | Buyout Available ($10K Fee) |
Buyout Available | Buyout Available | N/A because Fixed Price | $25K+ | Opt-Out case-by-case |
| Time Traking | Slack Based 30m Work Sessions | Tracker or Work Logs | Tracker or Work Logs | N/A because Fixed Price | N/A because Referral | Time Traker Screenshots |
We've profiled more details obout LD Talent and its competitors at freelancesoftwaredevelopers.com
Referral Policy
People, including current clients, who refer new clients to LD Talent will be compensated $100 in LD Talent Credit. The credits will become available when the referred client funds their first 20h invoice.
Engineers will be compensated for each International or US-based engineer they refer to LD Talent. If you are an engineer interested in referring a friend or peer, then please see the ld-engineers channel in the LD Talent Slack.
Team Members
The founders of LD Talent are themselves software engineers. They are affiliated with Stanford, Northwestern, UC Santa Cruz, and IIT Delhi. LD Talent is a company born out of the Stanford Venture Studio and The Northwestern Garage incubators.
LD Talent Hustlers & Geeks Blog
Featured Posts
You can read more at:
blog.learningdollars.com.