I'm building an app, and starting to realize that it makes sense to pay someone to help me. I don't have the budget for full time, or even part time, really. I want to hire a person or agency to help me with tasks as I need them and as I can afford. My ideal situation is to hire a consistent person who I can give access to my repo and have them work directly in GitHub on assigned tasks. I've used Upwork for other tasks in the past, but I'm wondering if Upwork is the best place to find affordable and good dev help. Are there any other platforms you would recommend for finding consistent devs who are willing to work on occasional small or medium sized tasks via GitHub?
Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#2HN’s whoishiring freelancer thread could be an option. Many comments there mention part time work.
You could add a comment with the “SEEKING FREELANCER” tag.
The thread is monthly; most recent one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36573870
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#3You should probably put some kind of contact details on your HN profile in case an interested party should happen across this post.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#4Hi, while I am not a platform, I do have a bunch of colleagues who are on the lookout for work, at various levels of experience and different interests.
If you wish to get in touch: samarthr1 (AT) outlook dot com
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#5Depending on the available budget, tech stack, intensity of your involvement (and the functions and competencies you can cover) and the seniority of the devs required, I would additionally use these three channels:
* Senior dev hiring marketplaces like Toptal, Proxify
* If my project uses PHP, Laravel, I would check Laravel Partners to find out reputable agencies and software development houses (perhaps there are similar listings for other ecosystems as well?)
* Post a contract job listing on LinkedIn
* Ask around in my network of engineers (everyone knows someone)
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#6I have tried Upwork, Fiver - Both are very big and global.
Eventually you'll have to find a great Dev from an off-shore country and retain them over time.
I have seen multiple off-shore candidates who are super good that work at reasonable hourly rates.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#7I have FAANG and Unicorn Startup experience and looking for freelance type tasks that you mentioned. You can contact me here: prakhar897 [AT] gmail.com if you think I'm suitable.
P.S. Don't go through Agencies, they charge a high rate upfront, may or may not deliver and know every strategy to increase the billing amount. Rather hire a highly rated person from Upwork etc.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#8offshoring US to Europe costs about $30/hr, 1/2 time work means many context switches so 1/2 efficiency and it can take a few tries to fight the right person, so if FTE for 6+ months not affordable i am concerned that this is not going to give you the outcome you want (and be painful for both you and the freelancer), recommend trying to find an advisor who has successfully done this before to reduce risk
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#9The problem is lack of cash.
Finding part-time developers who will deal with "I don't have the budget for...part time, really," is a symptom.
The best solution is finding cash because it will solve other problems as well.
Good luck.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best place to hire part time devs?
#10I would love a place like this. As someone who is learning iOS dev and has a background in web dev I would be very open to a couple hours here and there to help someone in their project...and probably not charge an arm & leg if it is in a tech I am learning for fun!