Recruiters can't tell if you're real or ChatGPT
Anyone can prompt their way through a coding interview. LinkedIn endorsements are worthless. Get skill validation from teammates who've actually watched you ship.
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// The Problem
The skills game is broken.
Here's what you're up against.
AI is making skills invisible
Coding tests are useless when candidates can have GPT-4 open on another monitor. How do you prove you actually know your stuff?
LinkedIn endorsements are a joke
Your cousin who's "really into computers" can endorse you for Kubernetes. Zero accountability. Zero credibility.
Career paths are invisible
What skills do you need to go from mid to senior? From IC to architect? Nobody tells you — you're supposed to just figure it out.
Your best work is hidden
You debugged that nightmare production issue at 2am. You mentored three juniors. None of that shows up anywhere.
// The Solution
Peer validation that actually means something
Trustified creates an accountability chain. Only proven experts can endorse others. Every endorsement is traceable. Every claim is challengeable.
Get endorsed by teammates
People who've seen your code, sat in your standups, and watched you debug at 2am. Real validation from real collaborators.
Build credibility with XP
Each endorsement earns XP. Hit 3+ XP in a skill and you can endorse others — creating a chain of verified expertise.
Follow your skill tree
273 skills across 7 career paths. See exactly what to learn next. Your career progression, visualized.
// Why Trustified
Built different. On purpose.
Expertise Gates
Only people with 3+ XP in a skill can endorse others. Your endorsements come from proven experts, not random connections.
Career Skill Trees
273 skills across 7 paths: Software Engineer, DevOps, Data Science, Security, Cloud, AI Engineer, and AI-Augmented Developer.
Challenge System
See a questionable endorsement? Experts can challenge it. Community policing keeps everyone honest — no heavy moderation needed.
// How we compare
“How is this different from X?”
Trustified isn't trying to replace your GitHub, your LinkedIn, or your portfolio. It fills the gap none of them cover: external, peer-validated proof of specific skills. Here's the honest breakdown.
| Dimension | Trustified | LinkedIn | GitHub | Creddle | HackerRank | Portfolio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peer-validated | ||||||
| Endorsers must prove skill first | ||||||
| Covers non-code skills (design, mentorship, incident response) | ||||||
| Standard skill taxonomy (comparable across people) | ||||||
| Progression path (what to learn next) | ||||||
| Claims are challengeable |
Why not just use LinkedIn endorsements?
Your professional network graph, job listings, and keeping in touch with former colleagues. LinkedIn is still where most recruiters search.
Endorsements are theater. Anyone can endorse anyone for anything — your college roommate can vouch for your Kubernetes. There's no signal that the endorser has ever touched the skill, and nothing to challenge if they haven't. Trustified requires endorsers to have 3+ XP in a skill before they can vouch for it in others, and every endorsement is traceable and challengeable.
Why not just point at your GitHub?
Showing you ship. Public repos, commit history, and pull requests are concrete evidence that you write code and collaborate with others. Keep it — Trustified isn't a replacement.
GitHub shows code, not skills. A commit doesn't tell a recruiter whether you led the incident response, designed the schema, mentored the junior who wrote half of it, or reviewed 40 PRs that week. Whole categories — system design, debugging, code review, mentorship, on-call — are invisible in your contribution graph. Trustified lets the teammates who watched you do that work validate the specific skills involved.
Why not just build a nice resume in Creddle (or any resume builder)?
Making a well-formatted resume quickly. Templates, PDF export, and a clean layout — useful for the moment a recruiter asks for an attachment.
It's still a document you wrote about yourself. There's no external validation, no standard taxonomy, and no accountability. The skills list is whatever you typed. Trustified flips that: the content is authored by peers, not you, and it references a shared skill tree so claims are comparable across candidates.
Why not just grind HackerRank or LeetCode?
Getting past a specific kind of screening interview. If the company filters on algorithmic puzzles, you need to drill them. They're also good structured practice for DSA fundamentals.
They measure one narrow slice of engineering — algorithmic puzzle solving under time pressure. That's a fraction of the job. They don't measure whether you can design a system that survives Black Friday, unwind a gnarly bug, run a postmortem, or carry a project from ticket to production. Trustified covers 270+ skills across 7 career paths — the full shape of the work, not just the interview-shaped subset.
Why not just build a personal portfolio site?
Showing craft. A well-built portfolio is a great way to demonstrate taste, writing, and the breadth of what you care about. It's an artifact you own, on your own domain, for as long as you want.
It's still self-authored. You wrote the case studies, you picked the skills list, and there's no standard taxonomy a recruiter can compare to other candidates. Trustified isn't trying to replace your site — it's the external validation layer that makes the skills section of it credible.
The short version: keep shipping to GitHub, keep your LinkedIn up to date, keep your portfolio sharp. Trustified is the layer on top that makes the skills part of all of them actually verifiable.
// Why It Works
Accountability is the only thing that scales
// Who This Is For
If you're one of these,
you're in the right place
Trustified is in private beta. We're not going to fake testimonials at you. Instead, here's an honest read on who gets the most out of what we're building.
For senior engineers tired of LinkedIn noise
You've been shipping for a decade. Your LinkedIn is a graveyard of endorsements from people you met at one conference. You want a signal layer where credibility comes from the people who've actually reviewed your PRs.
For bootcamp grads proving they can ship
You don't have a CS degree or a FAANG badge. You have working code, teammates who've seen you debug under pressure, and an XP graph that compounds every time you actually do the work. That's the pitch.
For AI-augmented devs who still want proof they know what they're doing
Copilot writes half the code. That doesn't mean you're faking it — but recruiters can't tell the difference. A peer-validated skill graph is how you show the part of the job that models don't do.
For recruiters who need signal, not resume theater
Keyword-matching a resume tells you nothing. Endorsements from gated experts, with challengeable claims and traceable XP, tell you whether a candidate can actually do the thing. Stop guessing.
Private beta • Real testimonials land when real users write them
// FAQ
You might be wondering...
How much does it cost?
Free. Forever. We'll add premium features for recruiters later, but the core platform is free for developers.
How long does setup take?
30 seconds. Sign in with GitHub, pick your career path, done. No forms, no email verification, no BS.
What if someone endorses me unfairly?
Any expert with 3+ XP in that skill can challenge it. Challenged endorsements are flagged and reviewed. The community keeps itself honest.
How do I get my first endorsements?
Request them from teammates, former colleagues, or collaborators. If they have 3+ XP in that skill, they can vouch for you.
// Join The Waitlist
Claim your spot. Level up first.
Trustified is in private beta. Drop your email, pick a class, and we'll send an invite when your slot opens up.
Your career is an RPG.
Start leveling up.
Build a skill portfolio that actually means something. Validated by peers who've seen you work.
Private beta • 100 founding users • Manual approval