sourcecontrol's profile picture. If you're not outsourcing, you're either about to get crushed by someone who is, or wasting time on worthless tasks

David Walsh

@sourcecontrol

If you're not outsourcing, you're either about to get crushed by someone who is, or wasting time on worthless tasks

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RT @dvdwlsh: Dangerous Ambition hiring new interns: http://bit.ly/9Cte01 Apply if you're right; RT if you know ppl that should :)


You need to do less of what you never enjoyed to begin with.http://bit.ly/z6eod


If it bores, angers, or fails to spark any fire in you, it should find its way onto a computer across an ocean.http://bit.ly/z6eod


You do not necessary have to do something just because you always have. Say No.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Screencasts are the closest you can get to actually allowing someone to read your mind and do your work for you.http://bit.ly/z6eod


In short, people should not be doing what systems can. We are meant for more.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Finding solid assistants is sorting the layers of touted capabilities and finding their core strengths & limitations. http://bit.ly/z6eod


Finding assistants is about peeling back the layers of touted capabilities and finding their core strengths. http://bit.ly/z6eod


The moment you introduce a middleman -especially one operating on domestic wages - costs must go up.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Stop telling me about the vision and the 5-year plan - justtell me the hourly rate and when the project starts.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Just because I can do this does not mean I should.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Your system has to clearly communicate guidelines,expectations and terms to each new assistant.http://bit.ly/z6eod


If someone intends to rip you off!, no document will turn them into an ethical person.Trust people, not their signatures.http://bit.ly/z6eo


Without a smart system around it, outsourcing can steal more time than it saves.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Working old school, with someone local, face-to-face is still the absolute ideal for all but the completely reclusive.http://bit.ly/z6eod


Experience-based feedback from former employers is your best friend. Ignore it at your peril.http://bit.ly/z6eod


I want or need someone else to do [this] for me.http://bit.ly/z6eod


The real distinction is far less about domestic vs. abroad,and entirely about local vs. remote.http://bit.ly/z6eod


If the success of your outsourcing can be attributed to the talent of individual assistants, you have got more work to do.http://bit.ly/z6eo


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