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Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by Buzaga »

kawsper wrote: post #20

Does anyone have experience with finding good Ruby freelancers for smaller tasks within these sites?

I'm an awesome Ruby dev and I'm on oDesk, I live in a city with basically no market for rubyists but I've stuck with it out of passion(I'd have to find something else to do with my life if I had to keep with Java and government/bureaucracy software), I've got perfect english and I'm 1 hour away from EST, I've got no doubt I'd be making nice figures if I lived in any hot startup/private sector spot. oDesk allows me to work and get paid doing what I'm good at.

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by namdnay »

Udo wrote: post #15
HyprMusic wrote: post #6

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

I would second that. Why not just source from within the community?

OP: "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?

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by [deleted] »

rebelde wrote: post #26
philfrasty wrote: post #16

Wrote a post on this a week ago: „The Ultimate-Guide to Hiring a Freelancer“ ( http://franzisk.us/2013/05/08/the-ultimate-guide-to-hiring-a... ). I usually go for oDesk but you better apply some filters to your search or select candidates by hand to apply to your job. I think your main problem is what Trevor McKendrick called “(you) Pay them to Code, not Think“ ( http://www.trevormckendrick.com/contracting-developers…

"Code, not think". This is my current problem with the freelancers I find. They need an awful lot of guidance, even the good ones. Any recommendations on how to find freelancers who do much more of the thinking? (I plan on trying with some HN freelancers soon.)

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Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by Brajeshwar »

We are relatively new but I think I'll have to plug in our new effort of curating good developers and designers for clients/customers willing to pay a premium for quality work.

"My Startup, LxiDD[1], is a curated network of the best indie designers, developers, and creatives on the web, with exclusive access to top shelf clients looking for the best talent."

http://lxidd.com/

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by Udo »

namdnay wrote: post #32
Udo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would second that. Why not just source from within the community?

OP: "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?

I 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?

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by mattbarrie »

rajjalan wrote: post #27
mattbarrie wrote: post #14

Hi there, I'm the CEO of Freelancer.com. I'd be interested to know what problem you ran into?

Why gamification if I am only posting jobs? It might make sense to people who are bidding for projects, but it is just too many unwanted features for posting a project.

Well you can always ignore it? There are something things you might like to earn with the credits, for example the phone number for the head of support, a chat with me over skype with a cup of tea, or a t-shirt? It's not like you have to do anything extra.

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by namdnay »

Udo wrote: post #35
namdnay wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OP: "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?

I 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?

What 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.

Re: Ask HN: What Freelancer site do you recommend?

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Post by Udo »

namdnay wrote: post #38
Udo wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I 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?

What 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.

> 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.

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