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Yesterday, in Microsofts earnings report, a number that stood out to me was their quarterly Linkedin revenue of $4B. That revenue probably mostly comes from th
by mg 3y ago
Yesterday, in Microsofts earnings report, a number that stood out to me was their quarterly Linkedin revenue of $4B.
That revenue probably mostly comes from the old school hiring process where employer and employee get to know each other and then jump into a long term contract, right?
I'm surprised Upwork and Fiverr are still so small in comparison. Their model of letting people quickly band and disband on projects seems so much more natural to me in the times of remote work.
- organsnyder 3y ago> Their model of letting people quickly band and disband on projects seems so much more natural to me in the times of remote work. For certain tasks, sure. But every position I've held required gathering quite a bit of context before I was able to really be effective. It's not just the tech stack and existing systems, either: it's learning the business to a level where I can better know that I'm meeting the actual business need (rather than just the text on the JIRA ticket).
- mikepurvis 3y agoAgree. Indeed we often specifically flag those tickets which require so little context that they might make a good "onboarding issue" or "intern issue".
- pjc50 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_the_Firm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_the_Firm : "quickly band and disband on projects" has overheads which can be prohibitive. Especially in knowledge work. This is partly why offshore outsourcing wasn't a success.