I agree in full with this article. I too have been freelancing for > 4 years, handling whole startups' software needs myself, and am faced with the exact same g

I agree in full with this article. I too have been freelancing for > 4 years, handling whole startups' software needs myself, and am faced with the exact same gauntlet of perplexing steps. My experience parallels the author's perfectly. Now we just get asymmetrical experiences on 1) number of highly qualified candidates for a job and 2) job creators' belief that not enough qualified candidates are available for the job.