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If you could have one hire "for free" right now, what would it be?
This question is mainly for early stage startup founders but others, feel free to answer. Assume you have just saved a wizard's life and, as a reward, he's going to give you a free hire.
All you have to do is write down the job description and he will manifest you a competent, 10X person with that skillset that is willing to work for free on whatever you task them to. There's no secret ironic twist to this, you will get what you're looking for.
Do you want a really great designer? A scalability engineer? Someone who has a lot of contacts in your target industry? An operations person? The sky's the limit but you only get a single hire.
- one010101 16y agoThat's easy - a graphic designer! I am whiz-bang with code and databases but have neither the skill nor time to make it look pretty.
- alexwyser 16y agoHey there! I am a freelance web designer. My portfolio is athttp://www.alexwyser.com/webdev.php http://www.alexwyser.com/webdev.php Feel free to contact me with your needs, alexwyser@gmail.com Take care.
- gacxllr9 16y agoI have a very "lean" Web app that I've transformed into a nifty collection of online mock-ups, but I am not nearly good enough at coding to transform those into functional code. Honestly, there are only three pages of mock-ups, one technical challenge, and one Word document of notes. Maybe some kind HN soul will have some spare time and can talk me through this process or get involved. I'm getting so anxious to create this thing that I'm trying to learn programming languages at a frantic pace, and have mocked this up in three different programs.
- losethos 16y agoGod
- hotmind 16y agoA drupal rockstar. But then again, I might have met her tonight anyway. I guess I'll find out.
- grasshoper 16y agoI would hire a really rich investor and make him give me all his money and then go away.
- dennisq 16y agoHand down a kickass designer. Great design will lead the way for your startup. Scaling will always have a different meaning "tomorrow", and there's no need to keep your site up if it's not worth using. So start w/ the basics, clean it up, and go from there.
- PhrosTT 16y agoi desperately need a hardcore server admin who can secure lamp installs, do load balancing, and help me keep my app scalable. i can handle all the coding & design, just get's hazy when it comes to deployment.
- bemmu 16y agoA Python developer that can do Facebook apps, but can also tolerate and even enjoy making MySpace apps. This person develops in a careful way that takes scalability and testing on multiple browsers into consideration, but isn't too anal to tolerate some imperfections in order to ship. They happen to also be a great artist capable of creating virtual items at a graphical level equivalent to Playfish. This person also happens to enjoy doing occassional tasks such as making spreadsheets and answering customer emails.