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Hiring a Web Designer or Outsource it

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  • 19-05-2011 9:50am
    #1
    capefear
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭


    Hi Im looking to get a websites done over the next month or so and I was wondering which would be the best way to go about it.

    Hire an employee for afew months and pay him a salary

    or

    Outsource the work to a design company.

    Im trying to see what the pros and cons of each are. As with most start up business cash is scarce but I realise the value of getting a proper site done. If the site is a success and starts making in afew shillings I have a couple of more sites that can also be started and hopefully it will turn into a full time job for a web designer.

    I look forward to some feedback.


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    [Deleted User]
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    It might be better to contract it out initially, at least. A couple of things spring to mind:
    • If you have a firm spec, you can get an exact quote for the work, whereas the pay-as-you-go option will leave you wondering about costs
    • If you contract it out you can get access to the skillsets of multiple people - designer, front-end developer, back-end developer, etc. It's rare to find one person with comprehensive knowledge of all these things
    • Most people with the skills and experience you need will probably already be working for a web agency either as an employee or owner
    • You should have comeback if software developed for you has a bug that becomes apparent after work concludes on the project. If you hire someone and let them go, they probably won't come back to fix it without being paid more (and that's assuming they aren't already working for somebody else fulltime).

    On the other hand, if you get the right graduate, with a good portfolio, it could work out cheaper.


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    Cianos
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    It depends what the sites are and how long they would take to build. If they're fairly small undertakings then it'd be better to outsource. You would want to get an idea of the scope of the project(s) first before taking on anyone.


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    desaparecidos
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    Finding a decent employee in Ireland who has actual competence in the design and development of a site is very hard.

    Most who claim to have skill or qualification in front end web development generally have an outdated knowledge of HTML and extremely limited knowledge of CSS and JavaScript. Their portfolios usually consist of a CMS with a skin they downloaded and made slight modifications to with their limited skills.

    Most who claim to have skill or qualification in back end web development generally come from a classic (desktop) software development background and haven't the slightest clue about web development, even failing to understand the fundamental basics like the concept of a server and client.

    The problem is if you outsource to a company, these very people described above will hold most of the positions inside this company, leading to you being charged large amounts for utterly ****e quality of work.


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