News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone hired a freelance developer for a MVP? by SheinhardtWigCo on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:30PM (#25608469)
Watch out with that strategy on Upwork. I recently got stung by someone who did a great job with a small task and billed a reasonable amount of time. Once I gave them the real work, they subcontracted it (without approval) to someone who didn’t know what they were doing and billed 40 hours per week until I realized what was going on. The code was useless and Upwork basically told me to go fuck myself when I complained.

Fiverr is good for logo concepts if you filter out all but the top rated sellers.

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone hired a freelance developer for a MVP? by muzani on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:27PM (#25608893)
I got a guy who subcontracted a small task right away (drawing a basic login screen). Even then, they failed at that.

I'd say the way to use it is to keep subcontracting small tasks that are not time dependent, and charge a fixed rate.