Startup Workaway: Hawaii. 18 hackers. 10 days. 1 beach mansion. (4 free slots)

by gbelote • 12 years ago

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gbelote4• 12 years ago

This is the fourth year of Startup Workaway. The first three were in Costa Rica, Thailand and Greece. It's a lot of fun and a great way to take a vacation without the "founder guilt" of not working. I'm happy to answer any questions!

zo1• 12 years ago

Very cool idea!

Unfortunately, doesn't look very easy to get into. I'd imagine quite a few people applying to it. So the odds of someone like me getting accepted is probably near the bottom... i.e. Not connected, not a social-media evangelist, no github account, etc.

gbelote4• 12 years ago

Don't be discouraged by that. :) We haven't gotten many applications yet and we don't care who you know, if you have a bunch of followers, or if you contribute to open source. (Personally I'm a bit bearish on GitHub as a resume - my publicly-visible GitHub is very underwhelming.)

Our selection process is pretty much: have you (or do you aspire to) build cool, interesting things and do you seem like someone we'd enjoy living with for 10 days (we do a 15min phone screen).

piratebroadcast• 12 years ago

I know these folks. Good people and sure to be a good time - (OP helped me get my first Rails app launched to Heroku when I was a noob and ran into problems) Thanks Greg!

gbelote4• 12 years ago

I'm always happy to help, thanks Jesse! :)

bevan• 12 years ago

Awesome! Just sent in my application.

Curious how you found a house, is it an Airbnb rental? Thinking about organizing a getaway myself this winter.

gbelote4• 12 years ago

Awesome :)

We found it through Homeaway. I didn't do the hunting or negotiation, but I believe the process was to first make a short list of awesome places on various vacation rental sites, then contact the owner and attempt to negotiate a better price for a large group.

Startup Workaway: Hawaii. 18 hackers. 10 days. 1 beach mansion. (4 free slots)

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