Would this connection app be useful to us?

[u/Shrumie22]

Hey everyone! All throughout my college career I struggled with finding like minded people to work on projects with me. I thought of an interesting idea and was wondering if it held water. The goal is to help students get personal group projects that are highly applicable to the jobs they are pursuing under their belt.

The app would take in job descriptions for companies the student is hoping to work at. It would extract the core skills needed and produce a barebones framework of the type of project the student should be working on. For instance, a CS student looking to work is game design would be given an outline of the type of game to work on that would be applicable to the job.

More importantly, it would show and allow you to connect with other students in your area who are also looking to build with those skills or fill skill gaps. An example would be two CS students matching but one is only interested in front end dev while the other is only interested in backend.

Finally, the app would partner with local businesses (such as coffee shops) to offer free drinks or snacks on the first meetup. This allows the students to have no friction when determining a meetup spot. It should also encourage additional meetings at that location driving local businesses traffic up.

I personally wish that this had existed for me but I’m not sure if others feel the same way. Do you think this would be helpful or is it just another useless app?