Businesses don't need a developer. Businesses need a ready-made team for the task
Why the old model of hiring people doesn't work and how the market is shifting from selling specialists to selling ready-made teams for a specific outcome.
Authors: slavb18
Businesses don't need a developer.
Businesses need a ready-made team for the task.
But the market still operates on the old model
Platforms like Toptal or SkillStaff sell people:
- backend developer
- frontend developer
- QA
And then the classic quest begins:
search → interviews → team assembly → chaos
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