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Show HN: Self-governed network of freelancers who send each other overflow work

by hashtree on 3/5/15, 6:22 PM with 3 comments

• by edwardg on 3/6/15, 11:03 AM

  Just curious as to how the payment part of this would work? It's a great idea - something you could build out (a vetted list of top-quality freelancers available to work on your project? People would love that).

  If there is a vetted list of freelancers all of the same, trusted, standard, it could be that having individual minimums creates a 'race to the bottom' thing that other places have. I would have a fixed price per hour which is slightly above average, with a guarantee of high-quality return and efficiency.

  If you can get members to work with and look over projects they're not attached to (feedback etc) you could increase the value of the service as a whole.

• by hashtree on 3/5/15, 6:34 PM

  OP here: I, like many others, experience times of great abundance and shortage of freelancing work. The idea of having a vetted/endorsed network of freelancers I can trust to send overflow work was something that appeals to me on both sides. I thought using GitHub as the vehicle for maintaining such a community was an open and hacker-friendly way of doing it.

  I welcome any feedback on the concept!