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Every month there is a post on HN with the opportunity to post that you're seeking a freelancer, and likewise freelancers will advertise themselves. You might h
by HyprMusic 13y ago
Every month there is a post on HN with the opportunity to post that you're seeking a freelancer, and likewise freelancers will advertise themselves. You might have more luck finding good freelancers on there:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5637667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5637667
- Udo 13y agoI would second that. Why not just source from within the community?
- namdnay 13y agoOP: "to complete a relatively simple job" I'm guessing the average HN freelancer will be overkill for the stuff he has in mind. Some tasks are incompressible, however good you may be, so there's no point hiring Michaelangelo to repaint your bathroom ceiling. EDIT: after making this comment I can no longer "reply". Is this a ban?
- Udo 13y agoI don't think so. Say you have a relatively simple website that you would like to have implemented. Would you like to hire an unskilled $10/h web worker, or would you rather pay a $100/h dev to do it in a fraction of the time, and do it right? The OP was complaining about quality, wasn't he? And why wouldn't someone advertising their services in the HN Freelance thread not do a small project?
- namdnay 13y agoWhat I meant was that the scale is not linear. Certain tasks take nearly the same amount of time whether you're a rockstar or a standard developer. Would there be any point hiring Ferrari F1's lead pit stop technician to change the tyres on your Prius? Maybe you can get someone to do it good enough for three days at 10/h, whereas the other guy would have taken "only" an afternoon at 100/h. 240 vs 400 total.
- Udo 13y ago> Maybe you can get someone to do it good enough for three days at 10/h, whereas the other guy would have taken "only" an afternoon at 100/h. 240 vs 400 total. Again, the OP was complaining about quality. The difference is not just that the better developer gets it done in less time, it's also a better product in the end. Even on simple tasks, the better developer can serve as a consultant and help the customer make sound decisions about the project, whereas the stereotypical el-cheapo web dude will be struggling just to keep up with the customer's requirements. >Would there be any point hiring Ferrari F1's lead pit stop technician to change the tyres on your Prius? If the F1 pro explicitly advertises that he would like to change Prius tires, I'd rather hire that guy. Besides, this is about building stuff, not performing repetitive maintenance tasks.
- ams6110 13y agoI'm not sure I see any reason to think that the "average HN freelancer" would be overkill. There are recurring posts here from people asking about how to get started in freelancing, such people will need a few low-risk small projects to get their feet wet.
- GFischer 13y agoYou're rigth. I've been looking into freelancing several times (and I have a verified account on Elance), but I haven't found a project I'm 100% confident I can take on my limited time and skills, and which isn't overrun by cheap developers (Elance is really good at making me lose my confidence, lots of seemingly great developers at ridiculously low prices, so I end up not bidding).
- yareally 13y agoI would guess that a lot of those seemingly great developers on elance are composed of a bit of smoke and mirrors. Don't get discouraged :)