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> Don't hire people for stupid things. Adobe cloud is 20 bucks a month, read a few books, watch a few videos and make simple designs yourself. If your thing tak
by laurentdc 6y ago
> Don't hire people for stupid things. Adobe cloud is 20 bucks a month, read a few books, watch a few videos and make simple designs yourself. If your thing takes off, you can always hire for better later.
This resonates so much. My company hires and outsources for the most stupid things, like, we need to change colors on a design file or move some buttons around? Let's go on Upwork or through our address book, write a RFQ, have a meeting to evaluate the quotes, set up payment and contract, then in two or three weeks the "refresh" is done.
I mean, just open Figma or whatever tool and do it yourself. Or ask a colleague for 20 minutes of help. It doesn't take Van Gogh to pair two colours and fonts.
- worble 6y agoAnd even if that doesn't work out, you'll have a lot more domain knowledge than you did before, so if you do hire someone else you'll be able to work with them easier, understand the work they're doing, and have a better chance of noticing if you're being taken for a ride.
- mynegation 6y agoIt is OK to contract things out, it is not OK that every time that requires RFQ and the lengthy process.
- SamuelAdams 6y agoBut then how do PM's (or scrum masters) justify their 6 figure salary? /s
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoFind a color wheel or coolors.co. Picking colors is pretty easy now
- watwut 6y agoCountrepoint: Played with coolors.co now and I would rather want someone who knows what he is doing picking them. Also, there is more to picking colors then color wheel.
- sokoloff 6y agoOTOH, I am not great at creating graphics and find that throwing $11ea to 1-4 contractors on fiverr and picking the best of what comes in the next morning is a pretty solid use of time and money. For the $240/yr Adobe CC might cost me, I get better results and lower stress than trying to DIY it.
- z3t4 6y agoYour company might value your work 100x what they pay you, so they dont want you to do something they can get for 10x what they pay you... For example when you have the plumber, electrician, etc over, you dont ask her to bake you cookies, even though they might be very good at baking cookies.