Ask HN: Can we also post monthly a thread “I need a contractor”

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Many of us contract, do side work, own contracting companies... Let's do a monthly "I need a contractor" thread - but let the same account that posts the "who's hiring" thread post it

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Aren't we already doing this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11611868

Yes, Freelancer seeking Freelancer fills this need. Unfortunately it had not been a regular monthly occurrence lately.

It has - see https://hn.algolia.com/?query=seeking%20freelancer&sort=byDa...

But sadly it hasn't made the front page in a while. It seems to be posted around 14:00 UTC - search around then and upvote once it appears.

Yes, since the freelancer thread fills this need, I think it would be more interesting to have in a "I wish someone would build this" thread, where a specific need is articulated. The poster could add a bounty or something to it.

I second this idea of "I wish someone would build this". The freelancer thread is more generic. I sometimes need specific things like "Install wordpress on AWS EC2 with nginx" etc type of project. This way, I only hear from the freelancers (hopefully) who have done this before.

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