I am skeptical about the article's claims that $15 an hour is a typical rate for a qualified app developer:<p>"Developers like TapFame because it means the difference between taking an outside job for $15 an hour vs. a TapFame-found job for $100 an hour."<p>The author does not cite any reference for why he believes $15 is how much their consultants would be paid outside their system. Particularly given that they suggest their consultants in the top 15% of developers, as they say they reject 85% of all applicants. Given that applicants have to have a proven history of app development to even be considered, it is likely the ones they choose are in an even smaller group than top 15% of all developers since most developers in the general market have not independently developed and deployed mobile apps. Perhaps it is the top 5%. Are the top 5%, those with a proven history of successful mobile app creation and deployment, really only being typically paid $15 an hour on the open market? It seems unlikely this is true.
I'm in a (good) job developing apps (we're hiring BTW: <a href="http://art.sy/job/developer" rel="nofollow">http://art.sy/job/developer</a> ) and my experience it has always been the same thing. People that I know have recommended me, have read my blog posts and got in touch or have read my code and looked through my website and got in touch.<p>This looks like a linkedin for developers, it seems like a strange pivot from a "sweepstakes engine that any developer could drop into a game with the aim of raising awareness and loyalty" but I imagine they got to know quite a few developers in that time. Best of luck, it's hard to find good devs. What I thought was interesting is that they are counting on Windows mobile being the next big thing for mobile developers, is there much going on with the platform?