Authentic Pros in the Wild
by Authentic Archive on Feb 18, 2015 Recently we released Authentic Pros into the wild. A few have asked where we’re headed with it. Brief details below.
First, there’s an entire backstory to the origin and naming of Pros. Like five years’ worth (literally). But we’ll save that for another day.
In short, Pros is a directory of hackers, designers, and creative pros. Full stop. We have wonderful plans to integrate it with Authentic Jobs in the future. But we also believe it can stand on its own as a directory of the amazing (and upcoming) talent in the creative/web industry.
Authentic Pros allows you to aggregate your profile across the web into a condensed listing in our directory. In the future, we plan to provide a beefier profile using this data to paint a better picture of who you are across the web. Profile sources currently include GitHub, Stack Overflow, CodePen, Dribbble, Behance, Quora, and several others, and more to be added.
Additionally, you can specify areas of expertise, size of company you’re currently employed at, and the type of work you may be interested in. Filtering options are forthcoming, but the search box—which was just added—is pretty powerful.
Here are some sample searches:
- Back-end development pros with a profile on Hacker News
- Canadians with a profile on Behance
- Those interested in an internship
This data will become useful in the future for those seeking employment, freelance work, and so forth—as well as employers and clients hoping to find these individuals. And if you’d prefer not be included in searches, we’ve also just added a toggle to hide your profile:
Your account will be marked as ‘Private’ but will remain active as we develop new features.
If you’ve not yet added yourself to the directory, please do so. And then hang on for the ride as we see how far we can take this thing.