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Thats exactly what I was thinking, besides independent contact workers (in my experience) doesn't care much if the work is boring as long as they are getting pa

• roel_v 16y ago
  But you always need someone who cares. Someone who pulls everything together, not technically, but who thinks of how things should work, what's best for the users or business goals. This you cannot subcontract because subcontractors don't care. They will do whatever you tell them to, to spec. You need someone with a connection to the company to make great things, someone who values the long-term benefits, not just the amount he's paid this week. Day-laborer programmers are easy to find, rent-a-code is full of them. But while you can use them to do menial tasks, or specialized ones, or absorb a demand spike, you can't count on them to drive your business. Sounds like that came all on him, he didn't want to do that anymore. Same is true for other industries btw. I'm living through this in the real estate sector right now and sometimes I want to punch people in the face for not just thinking for one freaking second before blindly doing what some other non-invested person wrote on a spec sheet or plan, but then I remind myself that they're all mercenaries who just do what I (directly or indirectly) tell them, and that I need to be on top of every little detail and double- and triple check everything. That's what driving (not just running) a business is about.