Re: [iphonesb] Best way to find freelancers by skill set?

It's very difficult to outsource trust. I think Adam's suggestion of a deferring to a community that meets in person is probably the best option, since actually meeting someone face-to-face brings a lot of human psychology to the table that discourages a the shady elements that flourish online. On a website, it's hard to tell who is a local contract developer and who is outsourcing all their work to an overseas software mill.

Don't forget the whole six-degrees thing, too. Maybe nobody on the local list knows medical image processing, but odds are somebody knows somebody who might.

On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, Evan D. Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
I occasionally get requests to various freelance work that doesn't align with my interests or that t don't have time enough to taken on.  I'd love to be able to refer such people somewhere else rather than just saying, "Sorry, can't help you… good luck!" At a minimum, it's a nice courtesy given in reply to their leap of faith in contacting me in the first place, and beyond that it might be good for a future interaction.

How do others on the list handle this sort of situation?  Are there *trustworthy* websites / registries / forums where freelancers advertise their skills and availability? For example, I received a request to work on an app that would require medically-oriented image processing, an area that isn't currently a strength for me - any suggestions how best to redirect this potential-client-for-someone?

-Evan

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