Jobs in Flutter

Last weekend I posted on the JobsinFlutter twitter account that I would give early access to our exclusive Flutter community which means access to our Slack account which will host a lot of updates and content.

The reaction was far from what I expected!

I got about 200 new sign ups on the mailing list simply by asking people to retweet, then sign up and they would get an automated mail with the sign up link for Slack.

This simple loop really works and has helped me build the start of my community for this Job board which is rather awesome!

I hit publish. There we go it launched!

I went from buying WebFlow to having a launch ready site in about a week, mostly because I’ve not had much more time to dedicate to the project.

For those that don’t know, this site is dedicated to Jobs in Flutter. Finding the best jobs for Google’s latest cross-platform tech. It’s similar to React in many ways which is owned by Facebook.

I started this project mostly because we’re using this tech for my main startup, Skipr, as such we needed to find developers and this was difficult to do.

So there were a few decent sites, but nothing serious and nothing that good looking. I thought to myself I could do better to be honest.

Previously, I had launched Jobs in XR with moderate success in the niche field, so this was a good starting point in terms of experience.

Why do Flutter?
Facebook released React nearly 5 years ago now, and it has been widely used across the web. Google has seen this as an opportunity to challenge this with a new front-end tech which would fix a lot of the issues React has.

The StackOverflow Survey of 2019, also indicated that React Native is more wanted in comparison to Flutter. This tells us that there are more React Native jobs out there, in comparison to Flutter. Flutter is now in the Top 3 most loved frameworks, which is pretty damn epic!

Giving Back
So the opportunity for me was to help foster this new technology, especially as I use it daily, so it only made sense that I can give back to the community. I’m especially keen to look out for contributors and people that can help this community grow.

Stack
I built the site with a WebFlow, Integromat and a bit of Airtable for some large imports. There’s still a few features that I don’t have yet, which means my stack will most likely expand.

What’s Next?
I’m planning on adding a lot of resources, adding members profiles, salary reviews, and much more.

The site is launched now, so let’s see how it goes! Feel free to help share the site and if you know anyone hiring Flutter developers, then send them my way!