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Ask HN: If money no object, how do I find the very best freelancers?
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Re: Ask HN: If money no object, how do I find the very best freelancers?
#12If money was no object, I'll use said money to buy more time. With that time, I'll create an opening on my website/Twitter account or what-have-you and maybe post a video saying "I'm willing to hire a freelancer", add overall and selected specific details about my company and the work environment as well as list off a bunch of requirements. A college degree would not be one of the requirements. Depending on who conta…
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Re: Ask HN: If money no object, how do I find the very best freelancers?
#13Doing this myself (within reason), it is quite a bit of work actually. I have designers/devs on long-term retainer to help me out from time-to-time. I spend weeks traversing the social graph (dribbble for designers and github for devs). I research their projects, twitter (if they have it), and any other tangible deliverables. Once I find a handful, I'll meet with them face-to-face via G+, Skype, etc. If there is chemistry, proceed to the next stage where I will do a couple milestone based gigs. Usually there are two at this point. Usually one will live up to expectations, or neither will.
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Re: Ask HN: If money no object, how do I find the very best freelancers?
#14If money isn't an object, I would post the problem you are looking to solve and put a bounty on it.
$1 million dollars for the team that solves X.
Worked for Netflix...
Re: Ask HN: If money no object, how do I find the very best freelancers?
#15You can also consider posting your specific needs on Elance or oDesk like web portals, and also Ask HN: Freelancer ?Seeking Freelancers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6653426