On HN, most if not all recruitment related articles are negative:

- Why Recruiters Are Universally Hates

- Why Technology Recruiters Fail

- Groupon tries to recruit DHH

- ...

All of this got me thinking, we always hate on recruiters and say we could do it so much better (that's why we're hackers after all), so why don't we do it ourselves?

This is the whole idea behind my new startup likewise.io, where software developers can refer other software developers, and in exchange receive a commission close to what a recruiter makes.

1. Do you like the idea and concept? 2. Would you actively use it to refer your connections, colleagues, friends etc? 3. How would you improve it? * 4. As a company, would you advertise jobs on it? (The business model is quite the same as that of a recruitment agency for companies in terms of price)

* Hard to say without access to the community/marketplace, but if you sign up and add HN in your name I'll try to approve you faster.

URL: likewise.io

Thanks for feedback!