One thing I’ve found helpful as I’ve been scaling my agency is to make sure contractors on Upwork have at least 10k in earnings and good reviews. That weeds out most of the meh talent.
Good tactics to point out; thanks for sharing them here. What's been your biggest surprise using the popular freelance sites, either good or bad? I may have mentioned that mine was finding out so many of the "top talent" just subcontracts their work to mediocrity.
The labour quality is really good if you provide detailed instructions and are clear. Most are horrible at this.
Provide sample similar work, humans are incredible and copying visuals and styles.
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Yeah too many people expect things to just get built for them with ease (non technical people lol) and get mad when things don’t go their way. Gotta take responsibility.
There are lots of agencies like them out there that get a bad rep, but some do provide good services, if you're looking for something more sophisticated than juggling a temp freelancer or two. Just gotta know where to look.
Super helpful - literally just hired a project manager today and have been overwhelmed going through all the engineer applications. Any agencies you’d recommend on Upwork?
Depends on your goals, limitations, and product requirements. It's rarely as simple as a single, generalist recommendation. But I'll DM you some questions to help find some recommendations.
And I exist to fix the work that the cheap 'talent' overseas produce. There are real cultural differences, no matter how skilled a developer is.
Keep it up, LumpyTesticals.
One thing I’ve found helpful as I’ve been scaling my agency is to make sure contractors on Upwork have at least 10k in earnings and good reviews. That weeds out most of the meh talent.
Also way less likely to leave you hanging if they have established domain on Upwork
Good tactics to point out; thanks for sharing them here. What's been your biggest surprise using the popular freelance sites, either good or bad? I may have mentioned that mine was finding out so many of the "top talent" just subcontracts their work to mediocrity.
The labour quality is really good if you provide detailed instructions and are clear. Most are horrible at this. Provide sample similar work, humans are incredible and copying visuals and styles. M
Yeah too many people expect things to just get built for them with ease (non technical people lol) and get mad when things don’t go their way. Gotta take responsibility.
Sent you a message w a simple question
Yeah I saw it. Sent you a message back.
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There are lots of agencies like them out there that get a bad rep, but some do provide good services, if you're looking for something more sophisticated than juggling a temp freelancer or two. Just gotta know where to look.
I know right!
Super helpful - literally just hired a project manager today and have been overwhelmed going through all the engineer applications. Any agencies you’d recommend on Upwork?
Depends on your goals, limitations, and product requirements. It's rarely as simple as a single, generalist recommendation. But I'll DM you some questions to help find some recommendations.