Remote Students is now Ladder! 🎉
Meet Ladder: the professional community platform of the future, made for and by the next generation of professionals
If we’ve helped you in any way, we’d love your support on Product Hunt!
When COVID-19 happened, Akshaya and I were shocked by how the pandemic disproportionately affected young professionals. Without a deep network or years of experience, we were all sent home from our universities with little information or support on what this meant for our careers. We were hit with cancelled internships, rescinded new grad offers, and unanswered questions about how to approach career discovery and create authentic connections.
As two students suddenly with a lot of free time on our hands, we got to work to help our peers. We started with a mentor matching service, manually pairing 500+ students with industry mentors in tech for 1-on-1 video calls, then launched a weekly newsletter for jobs & internships to 70,000 students.
While working on these initiatives, we quickly realized that current professional platforms just didn’t work for our generation, even before COVID-19. With momentum on our side, we set out to build a better career growth platform for the next generation of leaders, thinkers, and creators. One that is predicated on the communities you’re a part of and the interests you share, not the people you know.
Introducing Ladder: the best place for the next generation to grow our careers, together 🎉
✨ Communities: From Software Engineering to Design to Product Management, communities on Ladder are filled with helpful resources, interesting discussions, and ways to connect with each other in meaningful ways.
✨ Jobs & Internships: We’ve curated thousands of job opportunities and recommend the ones we think you would be most interested in.
✨ Referrals Database: Hundreds of members on Ladder have offered to share referrals for the companies they work at. We believe strong communities are all about giving back and helping each other.
✨ Events: We host industry experts for Zoom Fireside Chats and AMAs so you can learn firsthand from those who have seen it all. Past guests include the Founder of Quizlet, the top Venture Capitalists, and the former Governor of Michigan.
✨ Ladder Coffee Chats (coming soon): An AI connector that pairs you with peers and mentors in the roles you’re interested in for 1:1 conversations.
As part of our new focus on community and career growth, we decided to rebrand ourselves from Remote Students to Ladder. We think this new name and brand better represents our values: looking ahead, supporting each other, and upward mobility for all
Join us in democratizing access to career growth for the next generation. Visit our website and support us on Product Hunt!
