# \[ANN\] The Soup - new rails community resource

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**Created:** [May 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-the-soup-new-rails-community-resource/103934 "2007-05-11T19:29:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-the-soup-new-rails-community-resource/103934/1 "2007-05-11T19:29:07Z")

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Greetings all,

I am pleased to announced The Soup - [http://the-soup.net/](http://the-soup.net/) - a tasty  
new resource for the Rails Community.

About  
Are you a Talented person that is looking for new and interesting  
projects to work on? Are you a Project Sponsor that is looking to  
build quality relationships in anticipation of your next hiring cycle?

Inspired by the story of The Stone Soup, The Soup provides a way for  
Talented people to work on great Projects with the benefit of  
developing long-term trusting relationships.

Much more than jobs, The Soup helps build healthy relationships  
Would you place a job ad or hire a recruiter if you had positive  
experiences with talented people that could do the job? In the same  
way that marriage preceded by dating[1] likely increases a positive  
outcome, The Soup provides a tool for Talented people and Projects to  
work on bite sized projects – getting to know each other before  
committing to a long term work arrangement.

Here’s how it works; You, a Talented Person, who’s looking for work  
or interesting projects:  
1.List your skills[3], Bio and other helpful info  
2.We’ll match your skills, and notify you about Project matches on  
your ‘Possible Work’ Feed;  
3.Apply for projects that look interesting;  
4.Once accepted by the Project Sponsor, start doing the work;  
5.Complete the project and bask in the glory of having made a  
positive impression and a new potential work relationship.

And you, Project Sponsor looking to expand your pool of talent:

1. List your Bio and other helpful info to help attract Talent;
2. Carve out a small part of a project, and place a free ad on The Soup;
3. Wait for the applications to roll in on your ‘Projects’ Feed;
4. Choose 1 or more Talented People to do the work;
5. Receive the finished work and an expanded pool of Talented People.

Talented People get experience and possible leads on future work  
opportunities, and Project Sponsors build a talent pool for a future  
hiring cycle. Mmmm good!

As a final note, when you sign up be sure to list your favorite blogs  
in your profile, and subscribe to a single feed that includes  
everybody’s favorites. Now that’s tasty.

I hope you enjoy The Soup. I’ve worked hard to provide a resource I  
believe the community can benefit from. I hope you enjoy The Soup.

cheers,  
Jodi  
The nNovation Group, inc.  
[the-soup.net](http://the-soup.net)

P.S. We’re in early beta (technology beta, not Google[2] beta), so  
please help out by filing bug reports and feature requests in the  
discussion forum.  
[1] cultural bias?  
[2] All Trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.  
[3] Skills includes technology, creative, infrastructure, business,  
plus services you might provide such as hosting.