113 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 15 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: Upwork for Bitcoiners? bitcoin
Ultimately, what is needed is not just a alternative to Upwork that takes bitcoin, but an innovation the is better than Upwork and is bitcoin-native. This may be what Arcade City is building. it could be something we haven't even envisioned. Like Microtask Programming, perhaps:
Join the World’s First Microtask Programming Hackathon (Jul 16th)
Try out a new way to build software, focusing on one function at a time. Over $1800 in prizes. Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYGWoRQ_OcOFFL5EnnevvG2ATbhRf3XH9HTLX4FL76Mz2uyA/viewform @ThomasLaToza
Or a Virtual workforce, like what Freshii has built:
Freshii’s ‘virtual cashiers’ make $3.75 an hour and have been called ‘outrageous’ — now the chain’s founder wants to go global https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/07/08/percy-the-virtual-cashier-founders-shrug-off-critics-and-plan-to-grow-start-up-into-a-multinational-company.html
Even SN has an angle here....
A sub for tasks,
New SN post type: [request] ✔️ (similar to Stackoverflow) #43286
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 6 Oct 2022
See also another post, found here on SN, which shared the Toronto Star article on Freshii:
‘virtual cashier’ — who works from Nicaragua for $3.75 an hour #78177 https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/04/26/meet-the-freshii-virtual-cashier-who-works-from-nicaragua-for-375-an-hour.html [Archive]
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