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  • 5 Reasons Outsourced Freelance Developers are Better For Business!

    5 Reasons Outsourced Freelance Developers are Better For Business!

    Chances are if you’re reading this you’ve had a need, or currently need to hire a developer for something. Maybe you’ve got an app idea and want to build an MVP, or your company’s Shopify e-commerce store needs some updating? We get a lot of people asking us why we think it’s better to hire freelance developers, and we try to give unbiased responses, even though we are an On Demand Freelance Developer Hiring Platform. Since this question comes up so much we thought we’d take the time to research the facts, and present to you 5 Reasons Outsourced Freelance Developers Are Better For Business. We also custom made the infographic too! Please share it!

     

    1. Save Time: Freelance Developers save time. That’s a fact. Take it from us at BuildaTeam where we save our clients months of recruitment work, by vetting and hiring freelance developers using our proprietary testing method we’ve developed over the years. This tool was designed to quickly vet a freelancer’s skill set vs. the client’s need and save everyone time in the hiring process. We’re not the only solution either (although we’d like to think we are the best). Hiring internally is a long term solution, and can take several months to find a solid team fit. Freelance Developers, on the other hand, don’t need to meet the team physically and usually only work on a specific project, on a contractual basis. Because of this, they can start working quickly, saving your organization tons of time.
    2. Save Money:  The average full-time software developer in the United Stated earned a $99,510 salary in 2014 and no doubt that figure is growing annually. Unless your company is prepared to pay that kind of salary for a full-time team member then sourcing a freelance web and or mobile development freelance is your best option. The average freelance developer is charging $73/hour so you can imagine the cost savings for your business! For instance, the average website redesign is between 30-100 hours of work for a freelance developer, yet a full-time employee may drag that work out over a few months of paid salary. You do the math.
    3. Get More Done:  For any of us who have ever worked from home for a day, or been a digital nomad we’re sure you’ve noticed that saving time getting ready, and getting to the office has allowed you to crush half of your to-do list before you would even be in the office normally. Well, that enhanced productivity time is a constant for most freelance developers. The average commute to work in the U.S takes over 25 minutes each way, not to mention the time it takes to get ready, chatting in the office, distractions etc. Bottom line, freelance developers get more done for your money, period.
    4. More Experience: This is a no-brainer. Freelance developers normally juggle multiple projects and gigs at the same time, often from several differing industries and technologies as well. This wide range of work allows freelancers to gain a much more varied experience than their full-time counterparts who work years often on one project at a time.  More experience means more usefulness to you as the hiring manager. Again, get more shit done!
    5.  More Talent: The freelancer workforce is exploding, yet it’s getting harder and harder to source and hire fulltime software developers. There are currently over 60 million Freelance Software Developers in the U.S and half of the entire American workforce is expected to do some sort of freelancing by the year 2020 (although, admittedly this is not just Software related freelancing but still, cool figure right?). Focusing on hiring a freelancer will greatly open up your options no matter where in the world you are.

    So there you have it. 5 Solid reasons to start looking for freelance software developers for your next website or mobile development project. In case you needed any further discussions, advice or info on who to hire for your project, our Project Managers are always standing by, ready to chat with you, for free! Email us any questions you have and we’d be happy to help you. For more info on what we do as a company, and how we help companies hire the world’s best software development freelancers please visit our site here.  Also make sure to check out Clockspot – Saving your organization tons of time.

     

    Sources:

    https://www.fastcompany.com/3049532/the-future-of-work/heres-why-the-freelancer-economy-is-on-the-rise

    https://fu-web-storage-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/content/filer_public/c2/06/c2065a8a-7f00-46db-915a-2122965df7d9/fu_freelancinginamericareport_v3-rgb.pdf

    http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer/salary

    https://project.wnyc.org/commute-times-us/embed.html

  • Debunking Common Web Development Myths

    Debunking Common Web Development Myths

    In the past three years of doing business, BuildaTeam has helped nearly 200 companies build and launch their web and mobile projects. We have accomplished this by giving our partners exclusive access to the world’s best freelance remote developers through our platform where they are hired and managed by our locally based Project Managers (on your time zone) to keep you in the loop at all times. We have thousands of Developers, Engineers, Data Scientists and more experts on the platform, but even an expert starts somewhere. So if you’re out there thinking about getting into web development, we found this great article on Huffington Post that debunks Common Myths of Web Design…and we thought we’d share it here.

    1. You have to begin coding at a really young age

    This is a very common misconception. Yes, it is true that many programmers are young, but there are just as many of them in their forties, fifties and older. This misconception is largely fueled by the media.

    Prior to the break of the millennium, young innovators were not considered to be immature, irresponsible and not worthy of a cent in investment money. In fact, as early as 2005, young founders, innovators and programmers were a marginalized group.

    Fast forward to today and the script has been flipped; now you are considered ‘old’ if you begin after the age of 18 – at least in the eyes of the media.

    Check out the stories of Alan Turing, Grace Hopper and Brian Kernighan for some much needed motivation.

    There is no right age to start programming; the right time is whenever you are ready.

    2. You need to be a genius

    Wrong again. I am a web developer, and have worked with many other developers over the years from different countries and languages and I can’t think of one of them who is a ‘genius’. I am not saying that there are no Einstein-like programmers; we all know that there are. But this group of geniuses is more the exception than the rule.

    In reality, most programmers are simply people who have a passion for problem solving, computers, computing, and this passion fueled them to get better and better every day.
    Often times, this misconception comes from everybody else, not programmers. We see someone that came up with a ground breaking innovation and we automatically put them up on a pedestal and proclaim them better than everybody else.

    Most programmers are actually quiet and teachable people who are not really interested in taking credit for their work.

    3. Men are better programmers

    This myth has no basis in reality whatsoever. It will alarm you even more if you knew the foundational roles that women have played in the tech industry.

    Grace Hopper invented the first compiler. Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer. The first computer language, FORMAC was developed byJean Sammet at IBM. Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was part of the team that came up with BASIC.

    Need I say more?

    Yes, today the tech industry is heavily biased towards men. The statistics stretch beyond the workplace back to the university days where females do not constitute up to 20% of computer science graduates.
    The tragedy is that most women have come to hold this bias as truth.
    But it is just myth ladies, nothing more.

    4. You’ve created a website so you are a developer

    No you are not. If you created a site it just means you created a site, nothing more. Being a web developer is not that simple. It requires you to become adept in a wide range of skills and to work at updating and refreshing said skills regularly. Being a web developer is hard work, just like any other worthwhile pursuit in life.

    Now, to be fair, if you have created a website you are on the way to becoming a web developer. To continue on this part you need to study key books, read key blogs, attend conferences to learn from the old heads and yes, experiment with a wide range of tools and technologies and yes, build a lot of sites.

    Web development is a tough discipline, but the challenges it poses are surmountable if you have the passion and the continued knowledge.

    5. Once a site is built, it’s finished

    In many ways, a site is like a human being; it is a living, breathing organism that needs constant care to stay alive and functional.

    Think of a web developer as a nanny; his job extends far beyond just putting up a site. Many companies employ developers round the clock to ensure that their sites operate seamlessly without glitches.

    If you’re looking for an experienced web developer to assist you with anything, definitely shoot us an email at hello@buildateam.io and we’d be happy to discuss your project, and get you a free quote from a proven expert on our team!

    For more information on BuildaTeam please visit our site: www.buildateam.io 

  • Top 4 Reasons To Absolutely Outsource Your Development Projects

    Top 4 Reasons To Absolutely Outsource Your Development Projects

    facebook_851x315-5It can be really hard for a company to decide whether to develop a new website or mobile app in-house or to outsource the job entirely. The obvious pros and cons of both strategies are vast, and options are seemingly limitless these days. Most people reading this blog can relate to the annoyance of being inundated with development related spam messages, offering cheap developers from overseas, so much so that the expectations of quality of such endeavors tend to be pretty low. On the flipside of this, building an in-house team, or even finding a local developer in the West can be a timesuck that any CEO or Founder can simply not afford. Time is money, and it’s becoming more and more scarce these days in the tech world right?

    BuildaTeam.io was created to alleviate these exact problems. By blending the benefits of outsourcing with the benefits of “insourcing” we have created a solution that truly solves these woes by incorporating the best of both worlds. At Buildateam, we utilize new communication technologies, the global economy and some of the best development talent on earth to offer unparalleled quality, the efficiency that you’d expect with an in-house team and the incredible cost savings of outsourcing mobile / web / e-commerce design development projects overseas.

    Even still, the number one question we get asked is why should people outsource their development projects…so we thought we’d write a post with our favorite answers to that question.

     

    1) No more communication barriers…

    For years, outsourcing your website and/or mobile application development projects almost guaranteed that you’d have to deal with a breakdown in communication at some point. Whether it’d be a standard 15-hour delay in responses from your Indian Freelance Developers, or an agency with way too many clients to respond quickly, it doesn’t matter. Communication is key in any relationship and that’s why we’ve been focused on improving communication with our clients since day one through optimizing the structure of our company. BuildaTeam.io alleviates this issue by assigning a project manager to each project who is tasked with maintaining 24/7 direct access to the client. Over the past three years, we have averaged a 1.7 hour response time to all emails and that’s something we’re insanely proud of!

     

    2) No more language barriers…

    Along with the difficulties in getting quick responses from outsourced developers, and in the same vein of improving communications, several of our clients have raved about how happy they are that the people they’re dealing with are Native English speakers. We pride ourselves in the fact that we create jobs for freelancers in remote parts of the world, and we’re all about being diversified but we know that clients want speed and efficiency from our development teams. Because of this, we employ full-time, dedicated U.S based project managers to each client project. This ensures that nothing is misinterpreted and several emails are not needed to explain simple concepts. Without the language barriers that once debilitated the outsourced development industry, our clients’ don’t have to worry about issues like that arising…their testimonials speak for themselves.

     

    3) Cost savings

    This is a bit of a “no-brainer” because everyone looks to outsource in order to cut costs of developing everything from an MVP to a mobile app. The unique ability to hire highly skilled people at a rate that is much more affordable than in your local area is the driving force behind the growth in companies like Buildateam and others.

     

    4) The quality of work has greatly improved.

    For many years, outsourcing your web and mobile application development meant skimping on quality in order to get something built cheaper. However, this has most certainly changed. The sheer amount of learning resources on the internet, through online courses like Coursera, or incredible development classes offered by companies like General Assembly have enabled people around the world to master the quality of work we expect from Western developers. On top of this, BuildaTeam.io ensures it’s developers are the highest quality in the world by passing all freelancers through a stringent, 4 step vetting process. This enables our clients to get access to only the best in the business, increasing the quality of their projects to new levels. You can read more about how we vet our developers here: https://www.buildateam.io/interview-process/

    So there’s really never been a better time to outsource your mobile / web / e-commerce development or design project and we’d love to be the company that gets it done for you! Email us today at hello@buildateam.io  to start talking about your project. We’ll even put together a detailed quote for you for free! Let’s talk!