{"id":752645,"date":"2013-05-22T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=648224"},"modified":"2013-05-22T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T15:55:37","slug":"need-a-quick-30k-recommend-the-right-developer-and-its-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/752645","title":{"rendered":"Need a quick $30K? Recommend the right developer and it\u2019s yours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much is a truly great developer worth? A lot, according to Hubspot and it&#8217;s\u00a0willing to <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.hubspot.com\/refer-a-friend\"> pay a $30,000 bounty<\/a> to anyone <em>(anyone!)<\/em> who refers a great developer that\u00a0the marketing automation software maker ends up hiring.<\/p> <p>The company&#8217;s pitch:<\/p> <blockquote id=\"quote-hubspot-loves-develo\"><p>HubSpot loves developers. Like, heart-pounding, chest-thumping, breathless love.\u00a0Care to play matchmaker?<\/p> <p>We\u2019ll give you $30,000 if you refer us to a developer who makes us feel that way.<\/p><\/blockquote> <p>The company has openings in its <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.hubspot.com\/jobs\">Cambridge<\/a> and Dublin locations and has cash to spend.<a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2012\/11\/05\/hubspot-nets-35-in-new-cash-to-fuel-hiring-and-ma\/\"> It netted $35 million <\/a>in a financing round last November, bringing total funding to about $100 million. One of the priorities for that money was staffing up, CEO Brian Halligan said at the time.<\/p> <p>We know that great developers and engineers can write their own tickets, but $30,000 is a big number to give to a friend of a developer. It&#8217;s also a great way for any software developer to build a database of potential hires down the road. 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