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I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about this.

by icey 17y ago

zaidf 17y ago
I always felt like someone should write a quick, to-the-point ebook for outsourcing newbies on working through the outsourcing world. May be I'll pen that one day:)
- icey 17y ago
  One of the things that I really like about HN is that I feel like most of the people here have information worth sharing, and information that's valuable enough that I'd pay for a PDF of that information. I'm kind of surprised we don't have an HN ebook marketplace going yet, to be honest.
- allantyoung 17y ago
  Zaid - I love your blog so your future ebook will probably be good too. If you have extensive experience outsourcing, I want to learn from your trails. So please do it. Here are some helpful links to get you started. I'm looking forward to reading your ebook. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/you_should_writ.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/you_should_w... http://www.squidoo.com/howtomakeanEbook http://www.squidoo.com/howtomakeanEbook http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/16/thirteen-steps-to-write-and-publish-a-free-ebook-in-thirteen-hours/ http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/16/thirteen-steps...
  - zaidf 17y ago
    Thanks for the encouragement Alex. I will start putting together my ideas and bring it together one of these weekends!
    - maxklein 17y ago
      I'd most certainly buy it too!
mattm 17y ago
Me too. I have done freelance work through oDesk (at one point full-time for a couple months). I see postings looking for programmers where they are willing to pay max $4/hr. I try to move on and not get frustrated but it's difficult. I would be really interested in hearing just what kind of programmers you hire. From the little you mention, it sounds like you need to treat them like kids/code-monkeys - spelling everything out, not wanting their creativity, etc. I have thought sometimes to just spend a couple hundred bucks and hire a couple cheap programmers to work on a made-up project just to see what it's like. It would make for an interesting blog post at least.

I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about this.

by icey 17y ago

I'd definitely be interested in hearing more about this.

zaidf 17y ago

I always felt like someone should write a quick, to-the-point ebook for outsourcing newbies on working through the outsourcing world. May be I'll pen that one day:)

icey 17y ago
One of the things that I really like about HN is that I feel like most of the people here have information worth sharing, and information that's valuable enough that I'd pay for a PDF of that information. I'm kind of surprised we don't have an HN ebook marketplace going yet, to be honest.
allantyoung 17y ago
Zaid - I love your blog so your future ebook will probably be good too. If you have extensive experience outsourcing, I want to learn from your trails. So please do it. Here are some helpful links to get you started. I'm looking forward to reading your ebook. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/you_should_writ.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/03/you_should_w... http://www.squidoo.com/howtomakeanEbook http://www.squidoo.com/howtomakeanEbook http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/16/thirteen-steps-to-write-and-publish-a-free-ebook-in-thirteen-hours/ http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/16/thirteen-steps...
- zaidf 17y ago
  Thanks for the encouragement Alex. I will start putting together my ideas and bring it together one of these weekends!
  - maxklein 17y ago
    I'd most certainly buy it too!

mattm 17y ago

Me too. I have done freelance work through oDesk (at one point full-time for a couple months). I see postings looking for programmers where they are willing to pay max $4/hr. I try to move on and not get frustrated but it's difficult. I would be really interested in hearing just what kind of programmers you hire. From the little you mention, it sounds like you need to treat them like kids/code-monkeys - spelling everything out, not wanting their creativity, etc. I have thought sometimes to just spend a couple hundred bucks and hire a couple cheap programmers to work on a made-up project just to see what it's like. It would make for an interesting blog post at least.