How to find a freelancer in a startup?

Question

Freelance

You need to rewrite the MVP code from php to django. How do I find out if the freelancer level/price is right?

Answer 1

The main problem of freelancers is not in the level (this is usually not difficult to find out after the test task) but in the approach. Many of them, considering themselves freelancers, cannot organize their time and distract themselves from the real world. (No offense to freelancers, but you need to be approached as a coven - I started as a freelancer myself, I know).
I look at the following parameters:
- how he conducts correspondence, whether he is delaying with answers (it will also delay with work, sprayed)
- whether he is hiding behind skype statuses such as gone / busy / invisible (which means there is someone to hide from, possibly from previous customers or tense with personal affairs)
- is he trying to put himself too high: when communicating with a good freelancer, you don’t feel like you should, but you have a relaxed, pleasant conversation.
- whether you agree to do the first task (something simple for 5-10 minutes) before payment. If he insists on prepayment, then he is afraid of everything, he is very clamped, it will be difficult to work with him.
- and most importantly, intuition, you can rely on some markers 100 times, but if you don’t like something in a person right away, it’s better not to work with him. Maybe it's not about him, we just won't work together.

Answer 2

- If a freelancer can show an example of work similar to what you want (in your case, an MVP on jung), then most likely he has a good price / quality ratio for your project.
- If a freelancer is actively interested in the details of the project, asks practical questions, shows enthusiasm - this usually means that his real level is noticeably higher than he himself estimates. - Well, I am ready to subscribe to
each of the five points from Henry .

Answer 3

No way. It's all conditional.
There are 2 parties - the buyer and the seller. Each has its own opposite interest.
Where they converge - and there is a fair price.
If you're lucky, it will turn out to be a cool specialist who, for some reason, doesn't charge much.
If you're not lucky, you yourself understand.....
You take it, you start working....
But you don't give a task for a whole month, and then you become completely upset.
And you look at the results every couple of days.
I think you will understand in a week whether you are lucky or it's time to leave and look for the next one.
P.C.
Startup or non-startup, it doesn't matter.
For him, it's the same job.

Answer 4

well, if you could rewrite the code, then it meets the requirements, and if you couldn’t, then no, don’t pay in advance))

Answer 5

Ask a potential contractor how he will solve it, ask him to offer you a solution. As part of your task, of course.
If a person can explain how the things you need are built and can answer all or most of your questions that arise during the dialogue, you can safely hire. Of course, if there are no other repulsive factors.