Trust but Verify (your freelancer)
There is so much uncertainty when trying to find a
developer or company to contract your job... or for hiring anyone for that
matter. The best you normally have to go on is a recommendation, or a
portfolio. Then after a decision is made it could be months before a
visible product is delivered. This normal scenario relies on a lot of
trust. And sometimes, almost as the flip of a coin, the level of quality
nowhere meets the level of expectation.
But now is a different time, with different tools,
and different ways to solve old problems. There are new ways to find graphic
designers by seeing samples of your logos before contracting (www.crowdSPRING.com). Long ago you
would pay for software and then take it home, but now you get free trials at web
sites before paying. Overnight Apps(www.overnightapps.com) is new and
different too. From the first day you can see your working custom
application, and test it, and use it, and critique it. Then you can decide.
You no longer have to trust that someone will do
what they say. You no longer have to hope you've made the right
decision. You can immediately trust that you're going to get what you
want.
The old ways don't have to stay. There are
new and different ways now.
