Coding Challenges

Talking to a friend yesterday, who had this to say:

"I'm no programmer, and a self-taught HTMLer, Photoshopper and all the rest of the tools we use to get web sites online. Which is another way of saying my skills are a bit rough.

"But there is so much to master there is simply not enough time to become expert in everything.

"The answer, of course, is probably to contract out most of the tasks requiring special skills and become expert at the key ones - the marketing.

"I know that. Doing it is something else. How long would it take to explain to someone exactly what I want, and how I want it done? Particularly when I often don't know ahead of time - just when it 'looks right'.

"But after this week, I'm going to have to look a bit deeper into that whole outsourcing scene.

"I did a 50-page site from scratch, with most of the content complete in the first couple of days. Yet mastering the technical absurdities took another four days.

"That's crazy. The time has come!"

Ring any bells?