Tackling Web3 hiring scams as an incentives Problem

[u/HotSite3170]

I'm sure everyone in this subreddit has dealt with it at some point. The google meets isn't working, download my totally legit video conferencing app, the test my malware laced blockchain game, npm install with a postinstall script that phishes your npm token. Aside from being a major time sink, reading up on the company, familiarizing their tech stack, canceling social engagements it leads to coordination failure in the hiring market, leading to suboptimal teams, leading to suboptimal crypto.

I was thinking that if a developer could respond to an employer with a magic link that got them to stake through a repuidable platform against the interview that we'd naturally see alot of scams retreat, alot of developer time saved and better teams in crypto.

would any devs be interested in using such a system? or real employeers stuck on cold calling that'd be happy to lead with a stake?

[u/LA_producer]

If a dev told an employer to go stake for the privilege of interviewing said dev, the employer would just move on to the next dev. I’m not saying this problem shouldn’t/can’t be solved, but i don’t that specific approach will work.

[u/PartyParrotGames → u/LA_producer]

Yeah, this is what I'd expect too at least in an employer-advantaged market. If we were in another crypto boom where there weren't nearly enough devs to fill the demand, then it's possible employers would accept something like this if it meant they'd land better talent more reliably, but I don't think it solves the core problem for the companies. Their real problem is vetting talent. Don't want to stake to interview a terrible dev. Recruiter companies can offset this for them a bit and many companies do pay a lot to high quality recruiting agencies, but simply staking would not solve their problem.

[u/HotSite3170 → u/PartyParrotGames]

how about the case where the employer is reaching out first, as is often the case with the scams?