diff --git a/BlazorApp/Components/Pages/Developers.razor b/BlazorApp/Components/Pages/Developers.razor
index be3fea6..ef4711b 100644
--- a/BlazorApp/Components/Pages/Developers.razor
+++ b/BlazorApp/Components/Pages/Developers.razor
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@
                         </div>
 
                         <div class="form-group">
-                            <label for="timezone">Location / Timezone</label>
-                            <InputText id="timezone" @bind-Value="_application.Timezone" class="form-input" placeholder="e.g. Europe/London, US/Eastern" />
+                            <label for="timezone">Timezone</label>
+                            <InputSelect id="timezone" @bind-Value="_application.Timezone" class="form-input">
+                                <option value="">Select your timezone...</option>
+                                @foreach (var tz in _timezones)
+                                {
+                                    <option value="@tz.Id">@tz.Label</option>
+                                }
+                            </InputSelect>
                             <ValidationMessage For="() => _application.Timezone" />
                         </div>
                     </div>
@@ -164,26 +170,27 @@
                     <ValidationMessage For="() => _application.Platforms" />
                 </div>
 
-                <!-- Developer-only: Skills -->
-                @if (_application.Role == ApplicationRole.Developer)
-                {
-                    <div class="dev-section dev-section-fade-in">
-                        <h2 class="dev-section-title">Skills & Experience</h2>
-                        <p class="dev-section-desc">Tell us about your technical background — languages, frameworks, and any open-source contributions.</p>
-                        <div class="form-group">
-                            <InputTextArea id="skills" @bind-Value="_application.Skills" class="form-input form-textarea"
-                                           placeholder="e.g. C#/.NET 5 years, Blazor, PostgreSQL, Docker, contributed to..." rows="5" />
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                }
-
-                <!-- Motivation -->
+                <!-- Skills & What You Bring -->
                 <div class="dev-section">
-                    <h2 class="dev-section-title">Why SilverLabs?</h2>
-                    <p class="dev-section-desc">What draws you to privacy-first development? What do you hope to contribute?</p>
+                    <h2 class="dev-section-title">What You Bring</h2>
+                    <p class="dev-section-desc">Tell us about your skills and what you'd bring to the team.</p>
+
+                    @if (_application.Role == ApplicationRole.Developer)
+                    {
+                        <div class="form-group" style="margin-bottom: 1.25rem;">
+                            <label for="skills">Technical Skills</label>
+                            <InputTextArea id="skills" @bind-Value="_application.Skills" class="form-input form-textarea"
+                                           placeholder="e.g. C#/.NET 5 years, Blazor, PostgreSQL, Docker, contributed to..." rows="4" />
+                            <span class="form-hint">Languages, frameworks, tools, and any open-source contributions</span>
+                        </div>
+                    }
+
                     <div class="form-group">
+                        <label for="motivation">How will you contribute?</label>
                         <InputTextArea id="motivation" @bind-Value="_application.Motivation" class="form-input form-textarea"
-                                       placeholder="Tell us what motivates you..." rows="5" />
+                                       placeholder="@(_application.Role == ApplicationRole.Developer
+                                           ? "What areas interest you? Architecture, frontend, backend, DevOps, security..."
+                                           : "What devices/platforms can you test on? What kind of testing experience do you have?")" rows="4" />
                         <ValidationMessage For="() => _application.Motivation" />
                     </div>
                 </div>
@@ -249,6 +256,11 @@
 
     private readonly string[] _availablePlatforms = { "Windows", "macOS", "Linux", "Android", "iOS", "Other" };
 
+    private static readonly List<(string Id, string Label)> _timezones = TimeZoneInfo.GetSystemTimeZones()
+        .OrderBy(tz => tz.BaseUtcOffset)
+        .Select(tz => (tz.Id, $"(UTC{(tz.BaseUtcOffset >= TimeSpan.Zero ? "+" : "")}{tz.BaseUtcOffset:hh\\:mm}) {tz.DisplayName}"))
+        .ToList();
+
     private static readonly System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex UsernamePattern =
         new(@"^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{3,30}$", System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
diff --git a/BlazorApp/Models/DeveloperApplication.cs b/BlazorApp/Models/DeveloperApplication.cs
index a254fee..3f51768 100644
--- a/BlazorApp/Models/DeveloperApplication.cs
+++ b/BlazorApp/Models/DeveloperApplication.cs
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class DeveloperApplication
     [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "Passwords do not match")]
     public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
-    [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please tell us why you want to join")]
-    [StringLength(2000, MinimumLength = 20, ErrorMessage = "Motivation must be between 20 and 2000 characters")]
+    [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please tell us how you'll contribute")]
+    [StringLength(2000, MinimumLength = 20, ErrorMessage = "Please write at least 20 characters")]
     public string Motivation { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 }