I typically work within Jupyter Notebooks since it’s easier to build tutorials with text and markdown. But I agree: even looking at the code output I can tell almost immediately it’s made up.
That is some rare foresight. Typically, this is not how it goes. Usually, the pressure to keep adding new features is too high, the codebase too large, and the desired functionality too amorphous for any sort of refactoring or rewrite.
It was a very sudden mind shift for me. All of the sudden one day I said f* it. If I want this thing to exist, I need to focus on shipping. Not building.
The next day I hired up the freelance team.
Some people just like to build. Others want to run a product.
This story was about getting the first iteration of my product launched (somewhere beyond MVP but still rough).
I had a fractional CTO / project manager / React dev + backend dev + devops + designer. All between 50% and 100% for 8 weeks. I also heavily participated in backend work.
Total cost came in a little over US20k.
I did not stipulate milestones and I was lucky because everything worked out (except documentation).
I looked for experience in my niche (trading/investing), got a few references, and saw some of their work.
I was never 100% comfortable going through Upwork etc because you never really know. But I spent a lot of time writing up the requirements and talking to people to get a feel.
For better or worse, in the end I went with the marketing agency that was the most transparent.
I met a top notch designer through someone I DMed on Twitter. (If you're not on Twitter talking to people - go there.) He's EUR50/hour.
If you go through an agency, then yea closer to 10k.
Ah interesting. I've tried looking at Behance and Dribbble to find someone but went back to Upwork because I found it easier to browse profiles and portfolios. I'll definitely check twitter, thanks for the tip.
Would you be willing to share your designer's profile/website? (if so my email is josh.salsen at fastmail.com)
