It doesn't take a week/month/quarter to find a software engineer for one job. I could do most of the reachout in 2-4 days. There's only a finite amount of stuff

It doesn't take a week/month/quarter to find a software engineer for one job. I could do most of the reachout in 2-4 days. There's only a finite amount of stuff one can do in a search. I suppose I could invoice after the fact. I can easily provide glowing references from other startups, that's not an issue. There are already plenty of hourly contract recruiters (I have a low opinion of their quality, sorry). My personal experience with hiring hourly workers (on Upwork) is that that's where the real scams are- incentives are not aligned. I only hire others on on a project basis now- seems like it makes the most sense for everyone involved