MERIDIAN FOUNDRY · FOR DEVELOPERS · TWO WAYS IN, BOTH EARNED
Climb the ladder. Or just win the build.
No resumes, no vibes. A score you earn in minutes gates the funded board — and when a 48-hour Site Sprint is live, any active builder can skip the queue entirely: build the site, get picked, get paid.
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One number. Three inputs. Zero politics.
Your Foundry Score runs 0–1000 and everything on the platform keys off it. It moves when you prove something, and only then.
70%
Skill rounds
Eight questions, six minutes, one skill area at a time. Take as many rounds as you want — your best per area counts, and every retake shows you exactly what to study.
20%
Practical
One real task — debug a planted-bug service, build a specced component, or ship a resilient AI integration. Graded on a rubric, human-reviewed at promotion.
10%
Cognitive index
A twenty-item reasoning test — patterns, series, logic. Optional, quick, and displayable on your profile if you're proud of it.
Rounds are fast on purpose — six minutes, not six hours. Multiple rounds, best counts, every miss becomes a study path.
Rank gates the board.
Businesses pay to filter who sees their work. The higher you climb, the more of the board exists for you — and the thinner the competition gets.
- Obsidian880–1000Summit mandates, assigned accounts, top rate bands. The floor nobody else sees.
- Gold700–879Prime postings, tier-3 scale work, lead roles.
- Silver500–699Vetted postings — the serious work starts here.
- Bronze300–499Ranked bidding on the open floor; your score shows next to your bid.
- Unranked0–299Open floor only. One assessment away from everything above.
A live public profile
Kara Voss
foundry.dev/p/karavoss
Foundry score
902
/ 1000
Cognitive index
138
verified in-platform
Scores verified by Foundry assessment · retaken 2026-07
Built for climbing.
Courses that target your gaps
Every round ends with a study path built from what you missed. Work the course, retake the round, watch the score move.
A public page that does the talking
Your rank, score, area bars, and cognitive index on a page you control. Show everything, show nothing — your call, verified either way.
Milestone money, no client wrangling
Businesses fund milestones into escrow before you start. You build, the milestone lands, you get paid. Scope fights are our job.
Your first round takes six minutes. Your rank starts moving today.
Free forever for talent — the ladder is earned, not bought