Yesterday morning I was contacted by an entrepreneur that needs to talk to me about his problem: He can’t find developers to make some tasks.
He says that pay is good (for every single task), I can also offer in future a part-time job (Wow – ironic).
My answer was nothing of special: the world needs developers but they are few, often also not qualified people do this job and so on (he already said that with no-code everyone can develop, I have a different idea about it, move the problem only on the next step, but it’s off-topic in this post).
In the end, I have suggested he try to find on the freelancer’s website, maybe asking some simple task to verify the quality of the developer.
Today morning, while I reading the last book of Adam Grant (Think again) I had a flash-bak, and rethink to these things, I remember his words: at the end I need workers.
Maybe I found the problem, what he thinks of the developers.
The problem is the word workers (also because honestly, there is always someone smart that want to do some little task for more money).
I respect the worker (an important job as every job) but the developer is more a craftsman than a worker, from a romantic point of view this job is science and art. Develop require focus, study, …
I think that any developers don’t want to be defined as a worker, he is a craftsman, he has relations with every software developed. So, my friend, maybe you don’t find it because you search for the wrong people. Good luck (i don’t know if I’ll advise you of the mistake, I’m a worker, not a psychologist).
The reference to the book can be casual, but if it interesting you https://amzn.to/3ciClHm
