Thread by @AlcesBull

A few years ago I announced a project too early and felt snakebit when it fizzled on the vine. I've been hesitant to share my next thing, but I just got my second investor check so it's time.

I'm working on @joyfulengine to address two problems I've seen a ton in my career.

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Problem #1: Certifications & credentials don't do the job they're hired to do: tell you the level someone can apply a given skill on the job.

Partially because credentialing is a broken mode, partially because skills have to be applied *on teams* to build good things.

Problem #2: Most "professional development" focuses on individual development. But in the knowledge economy, teams are the base unit of production. Good teams aren't collections of skilled individuals, they are force multipliers that are > the sum of their parts.

For #1, our thesis is that there is a better way to create legibility into fitness based not on whether someone can pass a test one-off, but based on how someone is applying *a range of skills* in situ.

Also, people can don & doff characters that have different skill mixes.

For #2, our thesis is that we can create spaces & means for *teams* to develop, and figure out how to work together instead of just working in parallel.

Critically, this has to be fun. I learned from guiding in the mountains and firefighting that teams that aren't regularly having fun together don't reliably perform when the stakes get urgent.

We're ready to reveal everything, but JoyfulEngine.io is now officially working on building fun multiplayer games for professional teams to develop together.

Waiting list link up 👆🏼or you can just follow me if this sounds at all interesting!

Also, we're #hiring some roles over the next six weeks as we build out the first prototype!
- game dev
- DB engineer
- some other tbd

Reach out to spencer [at] joyfulengine.io and let's talk.

Darn I even proofread this thread…we’re *not* ready…