Platforms We Use To Find Contractors

Upwork

• Primary source

• works best when we're able to specify a task

• an end-goal; a specific idea of what we want to get out of it

• good for specifying features the organisation wants to implement on our open source software

• Also a source for people to suggest possible solutions

• • Harder to hold to a contract if specifications are vague

Why do we prefer Upwork?

• Generally speaking, developers in Africa are relatively expensive compared to people on Upwork. (For more info, see Why We Contract People)

• Progress visibility of past work of potential contractors

• Reviews of the past work of potential contractors

• 'If you don’t know someone, it’s a lot easier to get something started on Upwork than it is on ZATech or other local temp/freelancing platforms.' - J.D. Bothma

Fiverr

• Secondary option

• another online marketplace for freelance work

• Best for creative work

ZATech

• a Slack workspace.

• Tech-focused

• Community of tech people based in South Africa

• • NOTE: We might use ZATech if we specifically want to work with South Africans, which can be important for government projects. Especially for projects where we have to be “client facing”