The book "Freelancers and co-workers"



    Two years ago my wife and I moved to live outside the city. And from time to time I have to be in the shoes of the customer. So it turns out that the owner of a private house has responsibilities that are usually performed in the city by public utilities. Therefore, in order for the roof to be repaired, sewage systems made, the yard ennobled - people need to be hired. Only instead of freelancers they are called “co-workers”. Due to the fact that for most, the provision of such services is an additional income.

    For the short time that we live outside the city, I have already managed to get big bumps in working with builders and “co-workers”. As it turned out, these cones are exactly the same as those of clients who work with freelancers and design studios. Namely:

    1. Poor quality of work, which makes itself felt through time, at the most inopportune moment. Moreover, the services of the contractor may not be the cheapest.
    2. Failure to meet deadlines. Believe me, sitting an extra week and a half without water is no less painful, as well as without design a week before the launch of an advertising company.
    3. Performers on the recommendation, even from the best of friends, can screw up much more.
    4. If you do not control the process correctly, then they will steal time, money and resources from you. By purchasing building materials myself, I learned several methods of how to do this.
    5. If you do not understand the matter, it is very easy for you to hang noodles on your ears.




    The root of my problems when working with builders lay in the fact that I did not understand electrics, plumbing, metal work, etc. I naively believed that I was good enough to make money so that what I do not know how to do was done by other people . I thought that there was no need to go into all the details, because there are specialists who know how to do this. This was probably my biggest mistake, which cost me a lot of money.

    Most likely, this is not what you wanted to hear. Of course, I want to find a specialist who will take on your “headache” with the repair (site). The plus is that there are such specialists (I speak from my experience). Minus - to find them you must, at least minimally, understand the topic. This raises the question:

    “Why then will I need someone if I can figure it out myself?”


    First of all, you are unlikely to understand everything. You can only understand the theoretical part of how to do it. And you pay specialists for their skills, for the fact that they know how to do it (and not only know). As the saying goes: "You pay a ruble for a nail and another 499 for the fact that the specialist knows where to hammer it."

    Secondly , you free up time to earn money in the area in which you understand, and not to engage in the repair itself (site) and lose money at the same time.

    Well, even if this is so, where does this knowledge come from?


    I get knowledge from specialists who really know and know how to do everything in a quality manner. Somehow it turns out that after the "coven" you usually find a specialist who shows what and how to do it.

    For example, today I learned how to repair a non-return valve, repair an injector and diagnose a mini-tower. I found out that the mini-tower, which is responsible for supplying water in the house, needs to be checked once every six months for malfunctions.

    Now it’s clear how this is done, but I will still turn to a specialist who showed me all this. Why? See the “first” and “second” paragraphs.

    With pipes and co-workers it’s clear what to do with sites and freelancers?


    I plan to write a book on how to work with freelancers. And to the habrosociety, I ask for help to make the book as useful as possible.

    In your work, your questions and problems that you had while working with freelancers will come in handy.

    In addition, I am looking for successful examples of cooperation with freelancers. How did you manage the process of remote work?

    The most painful problems and best examples of their solutions will be added to the book. For everyone who responds to my request for help - will receive a free printed copy of the book.

    Send your examples and questions to book@webster.co.ua.
    If you want to follow the process of writing a book, go to my blog: webster.co.ua

    This book is for you and without your participation it will not be as cool as with you)
    Thank you all.

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