> They argue that's fine though because they'd work for £1/hr, but the real cost of an upfront hire is my time, not money. Well if it's freelance work there ar

> They argue that's fine though because they'd work for £1/hr, but the real cost of an upfront hire is my time, not money. Well if it's freelance work there are situations where the upfront time cost is not massive, especially if it's a task with a limited scope. I know this because I hire freelancers. But yea, I don't have a bag of small-scope, interesting and meaningful tasks lying around...