Idea 311 of 500. Cluster 15: Software, services and the remote desk
A verified-skills registry for Sri Lankan developers, with tests and employer reviews, that a client abroad can trust
The mechanism, from the book
The proof exists in Malabe. What is missing is a thousand small versions of it.
Every idea in cluster 15 uses this mechanism.
A first step
Write one practical test for one skill, such as a database query task, and invite 20 developers you know to take it and publish their scores. Then show the scored list to three hiring managers abroad who hire remotely, and ask whether they would pay to search it. A client who hires from the list, or pays for access, is the proof.
- Who pays first
- A hiring manager abroad who has been let down by remote contractors and will pay for a list of developers whose skills are tested.
- What leaves today
- Clients abroad cannot tell strong developers here from weak ones, so they pay less or hire elsewhere, and the trust premium is lost.
The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.
In the book
- Ch. ThreeWhat We Have Already Built
The stock exchange in Malabe
More from cluster 15
- 296Remote-work hubs in Kandy, Galle and Jaffna with fibre, power and a lawyer who knows the tax
- 297A Sri Lankan software product, not a services firm: one tool, sold by subscription to the world
- 298Bookkeeping for small British and Australian firms, in their time zones: the software keeps the books, and a qualified accountant here checks them and answers the client's questions
- 299Lawyers here checking the contracts and filings that AI drafts for foreign law firms, since commercial law here follows English law, the higher courts work in English and the lawyers are here
- 300AI set up and looked after for small businesses at home and abroad: the booking replies, the invoices, the product descriptions in five languages, for a monthly fee
- 301Architecture and engineering design for firms in the Gulf and Europe: the drawings made with the new tools, and an engineer here who checks that it will stand up
Idea 311 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.