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:
Try out a new way to build software, focusing on one function at a time. Over $1800 in prizes. Sign up here:
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
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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