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Comment on Ask HN: How often would you pay someone on a per-snippet basis?

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I have paid people to do it for me. Things like a camera, marker for Google Maps, YouTube integration into an app. Sometimes I just want someone to Google and test solutions for me, especially where it's poorly documented.

But this was great when I had less experience. As someone more senior, I can code faster than I can outsource, and reading code is harder than writing. The tech and docs have improved a lot since then. And I've had a lot of bad experiences recently which made me stop.

I would also strongly oppose "first to produce an answer". Good answers take time and rewarding speed will encourage sloppy, buggy answers, some of which ignore the requirements. It also discourages detail oriented people from starting in the first place.

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