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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Hiring Freelancers by is0tope on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:25AM (#32164168)
This resonates with me also. I've gotten into a nasty habit of always trying to do everything myself.

I recently launched a project for tracking crypto market data and suggesting trades. I went to Fiverr to see if I could get someone to design me a UI, and after going around one guy quoted me ~1.2k USD.

I decided that I could do it myself, and proceeded to spend multiple evenings working on it. I did learn something true, but it delayed the launch by weeks and if I factored my hourly rate in i probably "overpaid" several times over.

Getting past this "do it all" mentality is going to be one of my goals for the remainder of the year.

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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Hiring Freelancers by strimp099 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @08:58AM (#32165116)
It was a very sudden mind shift for me. All of the sudden one day I said f* it. If I want this thing to exist, I need to focus on shipping. Not building.

The next day I hired up the freelance team.

Some people just like to build. Others want to run a product.

Either is cool. Just don't get them mixed up.

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