Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do?
by meric on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @06:46AM
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Startups might be willing to take this risk - if the new technology shortens the time to launch, then all the better. If it finds itself locked in 5 years down the line, who cares, it's 5 years later and they're a 100 million dollar company.
Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do?
by romanovcode on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @07:08AM
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> if the new technology shortens the time to launch
Not sure what technology you are referring to but it's definitely not elixir or pheonix.
As a consultant this strategy is very smart, very stupid for a company tho.
1) Consultant goes to company and sells his new hot tech stack that is just released.
2) Company buys in and pays a lot of money.
3) Consultant now is locked himself a nice position because nobody wants to deal with this technology and he is the only expert they can get.