DevClad[https://devclad.com] is a social-workspace platform for developers to team up on projects and hackathons seamlessly. It functions by matching you 1-on-1 with a compatible developer every week :) |
DevClad[https://devclad.com] is a social-workspace platform for developers to team up on projects and hackathons seamlessly. It functions by matching you 1-on-1 with a compatible developer every week :) |
I don't know about y'all, but I hate this idea of random 1-on-1s. Nothing sends my anxiety levels to the freaking roof as the idea of having to talk alone to a complete stranger.
Make it 3+ people, though, and I'm absolutely game for it. This is not about being reclusive/introverted/autistic/antisocial/whatever: I actually like socializing, and meeting new people (well, to a certain extent, but I digress). It's just that, at least for me, 1-on-1 interactions are the most intense ones, even with people you know, let alone with strangers. Group interactions put much less pressure in each person, and it increases the chances of having at least one more extroverted person to lead the conversation.
And yet, almost every single instance of this trope of "helping people connect through random pairings" is 1-on-1.
Maybe I'm the exception here, or maybe it's easier to implement 1-on-1 pairings, I don't know. But I'd love to see more things like this, but that didn't promote one of my worst nightmares as a feature.
Perhaps what changed for me was accumulating knowledge and experience over the years by simply being very curious about all sorts of things. Thus I found that I don't even have to try anymore, my natural curiosity + experience automatically leads me through such encounters all the while being fully aware of the risk of being confronted with an absolute nutcase which only makes things a little more exciting.
I meet with potential co-founders on StartupSchool and customers for my consulting business one-on-one all the time. You shoot the shit for 10min, see if there is common ground, and take it from there. Nothing prevents you from connecting with a third person or more later!
I'm interested in DevClad as it is and have added it to my to-do list to try in the coming weeks.
two things helped: i started taking CBD oil (with a medical prescription) and, more importantly, i started interviewing people at my last job, which meant i had to talk to strangers at least once a week.
nowadays i still have some anxiety, but after making my self go through 1-on-1 interviews i got used to it, and now i actually enjoy it :)
Gaining experiences through the platform might be a useful tool for mitigating that anxiety.
But if you have a therapist, maybe talk to them first. Or not. Or you don't.
My point being that learning as an adult means breaking habits, jumping into situations that you habitually avoid, and generally doing things that you are either bad at or put you at discomfort.
Sounds like it might be about being extraverted. It of course depends on the specific scenario, but introverts tend to be more comfortable 1 on 1 or in small groups, whereas extraverts tend to prefer small groups or large groups.
When going to conferences I've made it a habit to try to talk to new people on every break out of principle (because after all, if I just want to watch the talks, usually there are recordings available afterwards or even a livestream, so they're a waste of money on their own). But approaching strangers standing alone is extremely awkward unless you have a plausible excuse (e.g. queuing) so the "open circle" group of 3+ people (i.e. keeping enough space while facing each other so at least another person can easily join) tends to work best.
Being in a group of 3+ people also reduces the social anxiety of whether it's okay to back out because you're not abandoning the person specifically, while also making it easier for an additional person to join because there's already a conversation going so it's fine if you find that you have nothing to add.
1-on-1 can be a lot of stress - empathy on that
computers attract .. what is the term "neuro-atypical" or something? one of the few times I really lost my patience was with an Ausberger-kind-of-guy.. I thought I was patient, I tried to be patient.. maybe there are some learned skills..
limiting the scope of what the interaction involves, also can be constructive
I must admit I rolled my eyes when I read "ML algorithm" since it's usually marketing bullshit. Seemingly it's unsupervised knn w/ Scikit Learn, mixing variables like "open to video calls", "location", "openness to ideas" and "timezone".
Fairly neat.
I built an even more rough version of that here - https://connectdome.com (but then I realized I was dealing with feature-bloat) so now I'm experimenting a little slower.
OT, but that's an expertsexchange kind of domain...
might wanna try it and compare to this one
Having to talk to some random person is even more awkward and a waste of time.
Make it useful and group up 3-4 randos at a time. The best conversations happen in small groups.
In my experience, having a weekly 1:1 with your manager works really well. If that's a frequent and regular occurrence, there's nothing uncomfortable about it.
It's a weekly block of time where you can discuss the priorities, give feedback, talk about things outside of work or start salary negotiations or role changes. If there's a week where there's nothing new it'll just be 5 minutes long, but having a regular no-pressure event is a lot less stressful than having a scheduled 1:1 come out of nowhere or once or twice a year.
Small groups of 3-4 people with similar interests are WAY easier to feel comfortable in and get interesting conversations going.
With this kind of platform, you need to keep the quality and commitment high all the time, which is quite challenging. For example, I tried LunchClub for a few weeks, it was brilliant initially, but then you get those who canceled last minute or did not show up to the call and then stopped because I saw it as a waste of time.
The preliminary step before pursuing this would be allowing users to work on projects and hackathons (or at least, showcase projects better) on DevClad.
I was wondering why so complicated and how the model was learned...
> https://github.com/DevClad-Inc/devclad/blob/main/apps/server...
Aha, better indeed to rely on your own human learning ;-)
There could be a paid model, or you could imagine a credit system where you also offer your own expertise and time to others in equal measure. That could still lead to finding things to work together on, but could also lead to learning, consulting gigs or just networking - with the added benefit of being immediately useful at work. But that maybe already exists somewhere?
This application will be able to read and write all user data. This includes the following:
Private email addresses
Private profile information
Followers
1. The page mentions:
Github is only for login. To create an account, go to Signup.
For example some people might be interested in matching up with someone similar. Some (like me) would like to talk to people doing different things, on different stacks, with different problem domains and find synergies/learning opportunities that way.
Seems I misunderstood completely. The site uses ML to do the matching and devs feed the ML how?
Update: It's a possibility you didn't hit Save on Step 1.
Really like the idea and willing to try it out. Hope it works well. Good luck.
This is very different to meeting an online stranger you have never interacted with every week.
Isn't that what's happening in this app? From the landing page:
> Every week, you are matched with another dev automatically for a 1 on 1 call.
So it's going to super awkward for people that don't like cold starts with strangers. I agree with the other commenter but I've also seen responses in other comments that say some people prefer 1-on-1s to groups so I say, why not both? Just have a preference that says if you want to do 1-on-1 or a small group and let people choose. That way if you change your mind or want to try out the other type you can switch.
Could be simplified to just:
> you are automatically matched with another dev
Similarly, someone who decides to avoid a one on one interaction with someone may very badly want to make a connection with someone else but they decide not to because they don't know how to appropriately handle such a situation. This may not be entirely anxiety driven since many people will have repeatedly attempted one on one connections and failed badly, leading them to believe perhaps rightly that they don't know how to and so they must lean on some other device such as socializing only in group settings where they can build off of others' social skills.
I'm not saying it's impossible for anyone to learn how to successfully connect one on one with others, I'm just asking that you not assume that everyone has the same learned skills and knowledge that you do.
How can you build a business or form a romantic relationship or a friendship without one-to-one connections?