October 27th, 2011

Gild Hits Half A Million Members, Now Lets Developers ‘Face-Off’ To See Who’s Got The Most Skillz

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Gild, a TechCrunch Disrupt startup and a game-ified jobs platform for developers, raised $2.4 million in seed funding from Globespan Partners back in August. Since launching at Disrupt a year ago, Gild has grown quickly, and today announced that it has attracted 500,000 members across 174 countries. → Read More

September 7th, 2011

Code Evaluation Startup Coderloop Acquired By Gild, To Cease Operations

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Gild, which provides a way for developers to build and share their ‘skill profiles’, this morning announced that it has acquired Coderloop, the Italian startup behind the eponymous real-time coding assessment platform.

In a message on its website, Coderloop confirms the acquisition and says it is no longer accepting new user registrations. They also say they’ll be “wrapping up operations” soon… → Read More

August 4th, 2011

Social Gaming And Developer Career Opportunity Platform Gild Raises $2.4 Million

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Gild, a TechCrunch Disrupt startup that combines social gaming with career advancement for developers, has raised $2.4 million in new funding led by Globespan Capital Partners.

Founder Sheeroy Desai says that the company pivoted to focusing on developers after seeing how many engineers were joining Gild. Essentially, Gild is a place for developers to share their skills. → Read More

December 16th, 2010

Social Gaming And Career Opportunity Platform Gild Hits 100K Users

Gild, a TechCrunch Disrupt startup that combines social gaming with career advancement, has hit a milestone after three months open to the public. Since its launch at TechCrunch Disrupt in September, more than 100,000 professionals have registered with GILD to compete in competitions, interact with peers and employers and advance their careers through certifications and job opportunities.

Gild… → Read More

September 28th, 2010

Better Boost Your Stats: Gild Turns Hunting For A Tech Job Into A Game

If you’ve ever gone job hunting online (and who hasn’t these days?) you know just how incredibly inefficient the process can be. Job listings are littered across the web, making it difficult to filter for the ones that match your skillset. And then when you actually go about applying to a job, you have no idea how you stack up against the competition — or even how many other people have applied. → Read More