SEEKING FREELANCERS: I'm on the lookout for freelancers in Front-End, and Server-Side Development, and server admins.
I'm in digital marketing and part of the often involves delivering web development projects, so I need to have people that i can sub-contract to since i work in a project management capacity for my clients.
Remote is absolutely fine, and any part of the world is fine, as long as your rates are reasonable, and you are dependable and reliable.
I've had some interactions with a few people off the HN freelancing posts that seemed to have increased their prices after listening to Patio11's podcast but havent thought about how they're going to add value - I dont wish to speak to any of those people please - Polite request.
PS - I sent you an email, I don't know if you ever received it? I wanted to be cheeky and get some advice from you in addition to the huge amount of great advice you and Ramit gave on the podcast.
To me, dependability and reliability are the absolute lowest bar of criteria. Meaning -- of course I expect you to actually do some work if I pay you. The fact that you seem to have trouble getting that and you also want rates to be low are correlated. You are getting non-serious, probably side-job or unskilled freelancers.
If you can't afford freelancers who just minimally meet the lowest bar, raise your prices.
Also, you picked the absolute worst place for an ad like this.
"I've had some interactions with a few people off the HN freelancing posts that seemed to have increased their prices after listening to Patio11's podcast but havent thought about how they're going to add value"
Can you elaborate on this? I'm not familiar with this podcast & I'm curious what in particular you object to.
Patio11 and Ramit Sethi did a series of podcasts recently. In the second one they talked about why it's important to raise prices since it helps weed out stingy clients who can also be stingy with their gratitude at the same time, and he says it also encourages you to do a better job.
All things that i agree with, but they also stated that if you increase prices the value you add in terms of what you deliver should also go up to reflect the increase in price.
I contacted some freelancers only shortly after and was quoted some astronomical rates for freelancing, and yet there seemed to be no reflection of the immense increase in value that i'd be getting as a result. Basically, they didn't substantiate the increase in price, and it didn't seem like they were able to.
PS - Admittedly, this could be my paranoia and cynicism kicking in, since i had nothing to compare the history of their rates, but it just seemed a little too co-incidental that i was getting quoted some bizarre rates a day after the podcast released.
Understood. Just in terms of style, you may not want to mention this in your listing. It seems to suggest the "paranoia and cynicism" you mention and that's not a great first impression- it semes like you're complaining about the price before you've even been contacted! I know you're well intentioned, I just want to share my reaction with you. :)
I've managed to speak to some really good developers of this thread only just today so i'm glad it still worked out, but i'll definitely keep in mind what you said for the future.
I'm in digital marketing and part of the often involves delivering web development projects, so I need to have people that i can sub-contract to since i work in a project management capacity for my clients.
Remote is absolutely fine, and any part of the world is fine, as long as your rates are reasonable, and you are dependable and reliable. I've had some interactions with a few people off the HN freelancing posts that seemed to have increased their prices after listening to Patio11's podcast but havent thought about how they're going to add value - I dont wish to speak to any of those people please - Polite request.
email me at: khurammalik.me@gmail.com
edit: formatting