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Ask HN: How could I hire someone in Bangalore to watch me for 8 hours a day?

by rajlego on 9/16/23, 6:07 AM with 13 comments

I recently saw this post a friend had written again: https://www.simonberens.com/p/i-hired-5-people-to-sit-behind-me

and realized that being in India instead of the Bay Area, I could possible afford to pay someone to do this every day. I'm not really sure how to tap into local networks to find someone to do this for me though; any suggestions on how to hire someone that could come to my house and: - wake me up - ask me for data on how i'm feeling every few hours/analyze it once a week - make sure I do what I set out to do - help me figure out why I'm not doing things if I don't want to do them

  • by gregjor on 9/16/23, 7:01 AM

    What to say about that kind of obsession over productivity, or the narcissism of valuing your supposedly insanely productive time so much? Hiring people to babysit a self-absorbed adult with apparently no self-control or discipline. And if that’s not enough, to look for people in developing countries to serve as low-paid audience and human to-do list.

    All this to write blog articles? Code no one will cares about? Spin on the millions of ideas pouring out of your brain? Comically “optimizing” your activities and schedule? This describes a mental illness, not a productivity hurdle.

  • by porkbeer on 9/16/23, 1:55 PM

    Local message boards, interest groups, and job/gig sites might work best. Sorry for all the people calling you names,that shouldn't happen here on HN.

  • by Teamancer on 9/16/23, 6:19 PM

    With the right series of prompts and criteria ChatGPT could probably whip up an effective virtual nanny.