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0 pointslelanthran2y ago0 comments

This probably comes as a surprise to most people, but the clear majority of non-tech businesses don't have a stack because they don't have devs.

What they have is an immediate need for something, so it doesn't matter which stack is chosen.

In many cases they may say "can you fix this app the other contractor built", and then you will be using that stack only as far as that particular enhancement or fix.

They don't have git, or Jira, or ticketing systems, or code review or any of that.

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gnz112y ago

It can happen in "techy" companies too, especially if they are heavily siloed. I've witnessed plenty of times when a department goes off on their own and brings in a solo contractor/small shop to create some random thing. Eventually it lands in the lap of the engineering teams who have to deal with the mess.

wak902y ago

I'd like to pick up some freelance side work, do you have any recommendations? Websites to use etc? The few I've found for gig work has abysmally paying jobs for what I do.

lelanthranOP2y ago

> I'd like to pick up some freelance side work, do you have any recommendations? Websites to use etc? The few I've found for gig work has abysmally paying jobs for what I do.

All the work I am doing is for either people I've worked for before, or friends of those people.

I've looked at a few of the gig sites, but I am not prepared to take on tiny 1day work at $30/hour, and that is unfortunately the majority of the things I saw on those sites.

The best work to get is from non-tech companies; tech companies want lines of code delivered, non-tech companies want business value delivered. Guess which one is prepared to pay more for the same number of lines of code ...

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