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Re:Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work? by giraffe_lady on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:31AM (#32838617)
The real question isn't "are they?" it's "why were so many of us so confident it wouldn't come for us?"
Re:Ask HN: Where are the good platforms for contract work? by wpietri on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @12:47PM (#32839781)
For sure. Reminds me of this: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leopards-eating-peoples-faces...

Partly because a lot of us have made good money building platforms that increase buyer power through commodification (most of e-commerce, plenty of other things). And partly because of persistently low standards in the profession that I see little enthusiasm for working together to raise.