Refer A Developer: recommend a code monkey for ‘phat’ referral rewards

Launched earlier this month, Refer A Developer is a job board with a two-punch pitch. To start, it’s only for developers and secondly, it boasts some of the highest referral bonuses in South Africa.

The duo behind Refer A Developer, David Sarembock and Alex Moldethe reckon that there is a lack of developers looking at normal job boards and that recruitment costs for employers are “astronomical”. In response to their findings, Sarembock and Moldethe decided to build a platform that incentivises people who refer their developer friends or acquaintances for positions. The incentives are pretty big, some as high as R48 000 (US$5 000) — a successful referral can earn you half the referral bonus — Refer A Developer takes the rest.

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