assistants

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how to hire an assistant — something that can make your life a lot easier as a solo developer.

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Show Notes

2:34 - Finding someone

• Virtual Assistant
  • Offset timezones can be handy
  • Flexible is great - two hours here, two hours there

5:55 - Types of tasks to delegate

• Support
• Email replies
• Mail and shipping items
• Invoicing
• Expenses
• Research - find emails for X
• Blog post edits
• Sponsorships

14:50 - Standard Operating Procedures

• If something happens more than once, make an SOP
• Common questions that come up

18:07 - Tools

• 1Password
• Missive
• Custom backend tools for:
  • Managing courses
  • Issuing refunds
• Chromebook
• Google Docs

21:52 - Hours

Links

• 1Password
• Missive
• Notion
• Freshbooks
• Syntax Ep 184: Desktop & Mobile Apps With a Single Codebase

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