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He already claims to hire freelancers from places where the USD is more expensive, so I don't see why he hasn't considered just allocating his art budget into h

by xez 7y ago

He already claims to hire freelancers from places where the USD is more expensive, so I don't see why he hasn't considered just allocating his art budget into hiring one person from these places? Personally I can tell you that there are many places where 40k is more than enough to live very comfortably for way over 20 months. I'm guessing the logistics of hiring someone internationally make that unfeasible? Maybe some sort of partnership could work? I'm not familiar enough with the legal caveats there

mumblemumble 7y ago
If you hire a full-timer, you damn well better be able to keep them busy 40 hours a week for 48-50 weeks a year. Not only that, but your need needs to be relatively constant, because you've committed to getting 40 hours out of each individual week. The likelihood of that actually matching well to his needs seems vanishingly small to me. More likely, his needs are wildly variable in time: He wants to get most the art together at a specific point in the development process, and then, after that, only needs bits and pieces as he notices the need. Working with contractors gives him that kind of flexibility. Even if he could rearrange how he does things to make it meet a full-timer's needs, that doesn't make it a good idea. Now he's turned collaborating with that person into a daily task, which might play hell with the rest of his creative process. Especially if, like most of us introverted creatives, he works best with long blocks of uninterrupted concentration.
pwinnski 7y ago
Given the numbers he threw around, he's talking about paying $2000/month, or $24k/year, for art. Finding someone capable of providing the art direction people seem to think he needs, as well as delivering all the art by themselves, seems unrealistic in any country.

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He already claims to hire freelancers from places where the USD is more expensive, so I don't see why he hasn't considered just allocating his art budget into h

by xez 7y ago

mumblemumble 7y ago
If you hire a full-timer, you damn well better be able to keep them busy 40 hours a week for 48-50 weeks a year. Not only that, but your need needs to be relatively constant, because you've committed to getting 40 hours out of each individual week. The likelihood of that actually matching well to his needs seems vanishingly small to me. More likely, his needs are wildly variable in time: He wants to get most the art together at a specific point in the development process, and then, after that, only needs bits and pieces as he notices the need. Working with contractors gives him that kind of flexibility. Even if he could rearrange how he does things to make it meet a full-timer's needs, that doesn't make it a good idea. Now he's turned collaborating with that person into a daily task, which might play hell with the rest of his creative process. Especially if, like most of us introverted creatives, he works best with long blocks of uninterrupted concentration.
pwinnski 7y ago
Given the numbers he threw around, he's talking about paying $2000/month, or $24k/year, for art. Finding someone capable of providing the art direction people seem to think he needs, as well as delivering all the art by themselves, seems unrealistic in any country.