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Every article on Hiring published on this blog, newest first: 5 in total, written by Ramón Chancay.

5 articles on Hiring

Illustration: on the left, a conversation that ends in an answer; on the right, the same conversation connected to a calendar, a database and an order system, ending in a completed action
AI27 Sep 202615 min read

Chatbot vs AI agent: differences, benefits and which one your business needs

Chatbot vs AI agent: what each one does, their benefits, the work and risk an agent adds, and how to decide which one your business needs before a quote.

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Illustration: a client and the engineer talk; the conversation turns into a written proposal with the scope trimmed and the price sealed, and the payment is split into milestones released one at a time
Product26 Sep 202618 min read

How much does it cost to build an app, and why I quote a fixed price

How much does it cost to build an app? What drives the price, why nobody serious gives you a number before scoping, and what a fixed-price quote guarantees you.

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Illustration: the client's money travels along a copper path that stops at a locked box, and only continues to the developer once a delivery marked with a check crosses the other way; below, a secondary path leads to a scale
Product23 Sep 202616 min read

Why hire me through Upwork: protected payments, a verifiable track record and arbitration

What you gain by hiring through Upwork: money in escrow until you approve each milestone, auditable hours, a track record nobody can edit, and arbitration.

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Illustration: irregular, muted blocks piled up with no order pass through a copper reading line and come out as three ordered rows inside a document, two marked with a tick and one discarded
Product19 Sep 202616 min read

You inherited a product: the code audit before you continue

What a code audit reviews when you inherit a product from another team, what the written verdict says, and how to decide between keeping, fixing and rewriting.

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Illustration: a loose ticket that ends in a block of code, next to a continuous path that runs from the decision through building, launching and maintaining a product
Product19 Sep 202615 min read

What is a product engineer, and how is that different from a programmer?

What a product engineer does, how the role differs from a programmer, and how to tell which of the two your business needs before you hire anyone.

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