#1842 - Q&A: Should I hire a designer or do it myself?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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When should you hire a designer and when should you “just get it done” on your own? In this listener’s case, she’s really not sure—let’s see if we can help her make the decision.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:38.2 | When you're making a website, should you hire a designer or just |
| 0:41.1 | get it done on your own? |
| 0:42.7 | In this case, we are assuming you are not a designer, right? |
| 0:46.0 | And in this listener's case, who's calling in, trying to figure out what to do, |
| 0:50.4 | they're really not sure. |
| 0:51.6 | So let's see if we can help them make the decision. |
| 0:54.0 | And naturally, in some cases, the answer is one way, and in others, it's the other. |
| 0:57.7 | In some cases, it's pretty obvious. You really need some help here. |
| 1:01.0 | In other cases, it's like, you know, it would actually be good to learn a little bit about this. |
| 1:04.5 | Because the website I'm going to make is not that complicated. |
| 1:08.0 | And if I had a little bit of skill here, then it might actually help me in the future. |
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