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What Everybody Should Know About Contracting Developers
Everything I Wish I Knew About Hiring
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Dear Client: This Book Will Teach You How to Get What You Want from Creative People
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First, implementation alone draws your worst clients. These are the ones who may not be forthright about the project’s budget, want to see estimates and invoices that break out each activity, and basically view you as an extended staff they can order around.
David C. Baker • The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth
If you want to determine beyond a shadow of a doubt whether someone’s going to be a great hire, give them an audition project — even before having them speak to other employees on your team. I’m not talking about a generic, abstract problem. I’m talking about a real world, honest-to-God unit of work that you need done right now today on your actual... See more
First Round Capital • Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest
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OK, I didn’t tell you the most important part—how do you know whether to hire someone? In principle, it’s simple. You’re looking for people who are Smart, and Get things done.
Joel Spolsky • The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)
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It never seems like a good idea to pay someone out of your own pocket for something you can do yourself…until you realize the economics of doing so.
Rob Walling • Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
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Here was his secret to getting clients on Upwork 👇 He'd find a job posting that seemed like a good fit, then would ask himself... "If I got this job, what would I do on day 1?" Then he would do that (before even applying). As he put it, the "cheat code" was that rather than making his application all about him and his expertise, he'd make it about... See more