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Interesting idea. Are you aim for companies that don't have a team of developers? I think for companies with their own dev, they would either put some resource

Interesting idea. Are you aim for companies that don't have a team of developers? I think for companies with their own dev, they would either put some resource to resolve the problem, or live with it because they can't resolve it(be it politics, sensitive data, legacy architecture, lack of resource, etc). What about a web service for people to advertise their pain point with requirement, and put a bounty for solution?

BjoernKW 11y ago
> What about a web service for people to advertise their pain point with requirement, and put a bounty for solution? These have been tried before. The problem for many people lies in adequately describing a problem in non-specialist terms so developers without in-depth industry expertise will be able to grasp it. Moreover, domain specialists often even don't recognise problems anymore because "It's always been done this way.". People have a habit of not seeing the forest for the trees when having worked long enough in a certain way. That's why getting outside advice and a beginner's mindset are such effective tools. Lastly, non-technical people often can't estimate how much effort a solution might involve. So, an appropriate price for a solution might be higher than the cost of the pain involved. In any case, such a service would involve a lot of to and fro between the parties, which probably is too much of a hassle for tiny, bite-sized problems.
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