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Ask HN: Services for startups / gigs for hackers

3 pointsby newyover 16 years ago
Hi folks,<p>Had a chance to meet some of you at the recent nyc meetup. Had a couple questions that I'd like to ask the group out there.<p>As a bootstrapped startup, what are some "bite-sized" needs that you'd be willing to pay someone local to do, assuming the process of getting this help was efficient? (I'm thinking one to a few hours, maybe $50-200 compensation).<p>I suppose this might cut against the "do everything yourself" mantra (which I actually firmly subscribe to), but in some circumstances it might make sense considering the value of time (or perhaps the limitations of the founders' skillsets).<p>On the flip side, as a hacker, what are some services you could provide to a small company to make some cash? Ideally this wouldn't involve creating significant IP, as that might get tricky.<p>Best, Ep.

2 comments

yanover 16 years ago
I was also at the NY meet up. This is off-topic, but do you know if there are labeled photos of people attending? I'd like to double check who everyone was and who I was talking to.
pclarkover 16 years ago
You know, I've love a service where I can ask hackers how to do <i>stuff</i>.<p>Like Yahoo Answers, but hacker answers.