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A frustrating experience at work gave today's caller an idea: connect overseas web developers with companies that want to hire them.
The company I work for recently had a negative experience with a web developer — two of them, actually. The first embraced the quiet-quitting ethos and didn't take any initiative, and the second just kind of ghosted us. It was frustrating, and good help in this field seems hard to find. So my idea: is anyone working as a broker or liaison between overseas web developers and companies in the U.S. that want to hire them? I don't just mean something like Fiverr — I mean more of a hand-holding service. I'm not a developer myself, but I manage projects and am good at communicating expectations. In both situations there were warning signs our company ignored despite my raising concerns early. So I think there's value here, but I don't really know how to go about the next steps.
First, a reality check on cost: even overseas developers aren't cheap if they're good. A friend of mine manages a team of devs in Russia and Ukraine, and his best people earn more than $50,000 a year. A lot has changed with globalization and remote work.
More importantly, there are already agencies doing exactly this — not just Upwork and Fiverr, but professional recruitment firms that specialize in this problem. So the question is: how will you do it differently? What's your path to market? If you don't have a clear answer, be cautious about proceeding.
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