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"Our approach is to start really small" Indeed. Starting in the beginning is a fine place to start. ;-) So, 'b' is really small in y = mx + b. Now tell me
by kjhughes 15y ago
"Our approach is to start really small"
Indeed. Starting in the beginning is a fine place to start. ;-)
So, 'b' is really small in y = mx + b. Now tell me about 'm'.
In other words, how will you grow?
Traditionally, there have been two types of organizations through which freelancers work when they can't find their own clients: (1) Body shops place "qualified" resources and take a cut of their rate. (2) Higher-end consulting organizations do project management and take on project-level delivery responsibilities.
Body shops tend to be easier to grow and cheaper. Project-managing groups tend to be harder to grow but with better rates.
What are your plans to move Hacker Trade beyond "really small" in this environment?
- antoviaque 15y agoOne of the lessons from our experience with remote freelance work is that it becomes much easier to work when: 1) The people who are working on the project (client and coder) are good and reasonable 2) When work is split up in short tasks/stories, allowing to always work on tasks of which the size can be reasonably estimated 3) The communication is well adapted to the medium, rather than a simple copy of what usually happens in an office Although it sounds simple, in practice learning this is difficult, on both sides. We can help manually, as we are doing now, to learn ourselves what is the fastest way to get a new working relationship setup, and working. For scaling, we think that that learning process can be made very efficient, and scale - you could probably describe our long term goal as to end up somewhere between the two models you're describing. Focusing on producing good matches that produces fruitful relationships, but maintaining enough support/advice to maintain a good level of safety.