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Unlikely? In software, if you stay and work in the same project, you get a lot more productive as time goes by. Intentionally hiring people for weeks or a month
by cutemonster 4y ago
Unlikely? In software, if you stay and work in the same project, you get a lot more productive as time goes by. Intentionally hiring people for weeks or a month, typically makes no sense. (Note that s/he got paid for the time)
- robswc 4y agoI tend to agree. The amount of time and effort they would have to spend on ramp-up and context sharing... seems it would be a nightmare. Unless its just some grunt work but even then, seems much more reliable to have a contracting partner in that case.
- neilv 4y agoI've definitely seen startups that are trying to do demos/PoCs/MVPs, where ramping up on the project isn't necessarily a factor for a task. Say, you need to have a consumer iOS app or CRUD backend/site to show seed/angel investors, and it needs a high-skilled person to execute quickly. You might not yet be able to afford the hire to do that, and you might not want to give away that kind of equity that early contribution would rate. But you can have a highly-motivated experienced person do it for just an engagement fee they normally wouldn't take, if they think they're sealing a hiring deal.
- cutemonster 4y agoOk, so if a startup wants one to develop their MVP as a one month long job application step, then that can be suspicious. Whilst if they have their product and software working already, then, less suspicious