Originally posted by Appydaze
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The other ever-present problem is in many cases building an IT solution is something that can be done quite quickly; the biggest chunk of time on projects is spent on working out what actually should be built - not only what the business really wants but also how all the current systems and processes actually work, and can work in the future. With traditional outsourcers you can let them rummage around trying to find WTF is going on but you couldn't use that approach on Upwork/Freelancer etc. The security aspects would be untenable. So you would need trusted onshore people to do the analysis, specification and packaging, plus implementation into production when everything is finished. It is not easy see where you would make much of a saving when you factored in all these overheads.
But if you're on the bench, it might be interesting to dabble.
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