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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Hasty Treat - Hiring an Assistant

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

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. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. 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 Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

Transcript

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0:00.0

Monday, Monday, Monday,

0:02.0

Open wide Dev fans.

0:04.0

Get ready to stuff your face

0:06.0

with JavaScript, CSS, node modules, barbecue tips,

0:09.0

get workflows,

0:10.0

break dancing, soft skills, web development,

0:12.0

the hastiest, the craziest, the craziest development the hastiest the craziest the tastiest web development treats coming in hot here is

0:18.1

Wes Barracuda bars and Scott El Toroloco, Tolinsky.

0:25.0

Oh, welcome to Syntax on this Monday hasty treat.

0:31.0

We're going to be talking about hiring an assistant which is

0:35.1

something that is if you are working as a solo dev and entrepreneur you're

0:39.7

working as anybody it's actually shockingly more affordable than you can imagine, and it makes your life

0:45.7

a lot easier.

0:46.7

This is one area of my life that I'm struggling with so so much, so we're going to hear

0:50.4

all about Wes's experience experience hiring an assistant,

0:53.8

talking a little bit of how they get their workflow going,

0:56.4

and just generally how we get that productivity up.

1:00.8

My name is Scott Tolinsky.

1:01.8

I'm a developer from Denver, Colorado and with me as always is West Boss.

1:05.0

Hey everybody. Hey Wes, how's it going? It's going good.

1:10.0

Going good. I don't know what to say.

1:12.0

Cool. Well this episode is about to blast off. I don't know what to say.

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