Quick Tip: Don’t avoid buying software when it will save you time. I found a $150 piece of software that automates a task I was paying $1,000 per month to have someone else do.
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“I found a $150 piece of software that automates a TASK I was paying $1,000 per month to have someone else do.”
What TASK was that?
I was having a remote assistant email people for interviews one at a time. I bought a piece of software that lets me merge to email which basically replaces that part of her job.
Fine, so one person loses his job and you are proud of that
As i’ve said, fine
@Anonimo – Well you could hire someone to wash your car using Q-tips or you could use the car wash and do it yourself once every two weeks in a few minutes.
For me this shift led to taking a position I had outsourced to India and replacing it with an employee in the US.