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    Hiring a senior expert in 20 minutes and get results the next day - how valuable?

    Sebastian Varga
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    Especially in IT, real talent and expertise is rare. So companies are desperately looking for experts, often as contractors. But the process is lengthy, cumbersome and time consuming. You need to write the profile, get candidates, interview. And once you found someone, onboarding can take a month or so, so before you get the first results, you may have spent the better part of 20k $/£/€ - or more. How valuable would you think is a service that allows you to jump on a call to verify if someone can deliver, and once verified, starts working on your problem and delivers the first result 48 h later?

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    Shajedul Karim
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    speed in hiring is a modern marvel, mate! but real expertise? that's a rare gem. imagine cutting down the lengthy dance of recruitment. efficiency peaks. a 20-minute call to onboard talent? and results in 48 hours? revolutionary. but here's the thought: depth and understanding sometimes need a pause, a breath. rapid results? game-changing. deep integration? takes a minute, or many. your concept? invaluable for quick needs. but always ponder: how to maintain quality at that pace?
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    Sebastian Varga
    @shajedulkarim_ you make fantastic points. I fully agree, that utter speed can destroy quality. And I will certainly consider your thoughts. What if the ultimate proposal is not utter speed, but cutting away the overhead? I have been working for so many companies in projects that took years, and they paid me mostly for sitting in meetings, waiting around for my permissions to go through or waiting for someone else to finish a certain task. All computer systems are hyper-complex systems which means progress can ONLY be done in iterations: improve, test, validate, rinse and repeat. That's where the agile method was born. Once you accept this, my method becomes a valid proposition, even if you work with people that don't have 20 years of experience. You simply implement, test, validate and repeat until it works. And with a flatrate, you're not paying for me for my mistakes.
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