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Some of the world's most respected organizations like Linear, Basecamp, and Automattic, have turned to paid projects and work trials as a crucial part of building world class teams. We help reduce the cost of hiring by 88% and eliminate the hassle of managing paid projects from inviting candidates,
through sending offer letters.
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Paid projects in the renaissance.
I was reading a fascinating book called Creativity by the great psychologist
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and came across this section outlining the hiring process for the design of the Gates of Paradise, a masterpiece of renaissance art in Florence Italy:
"From the dozens of drawings submitted the board chose five finalists—Brunelleschi and Ghiberti among them. The finalists on the short list were given a year to finish a bronze mock-up of one of the door panels. The subject was to be “The Sacrifice of Isaac” and had to include at least one angel and one sheep in addition to Abraham and his son. During that year all five finalists were paid handsomely by the board for time and materials. In 1402 the jury reconvened to consider the new entries and selected Ghiberti’s panel, which showed technical excellence as well as a wonderfully natural yet classical composition."
This was just another confirmation of our hypothesis that paying designers and creatives for their work is not a new or novel thing, but rather a powerful and timeless testament of humankind's appreciation of beauty.
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