Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hire or DIY

If people could do all things themselves, they would. But they don’t. Some people are good at some things, bad at others. And for the things they are bad at, they ask other people to help out - mostly people who are good at the things they themselves are bad at.

People hire others because they can accomplish the things they themselves cannot (or do not want to). if they have a choice between people who are good but expensive, and people who are similarly good but cheap, they go for the cheap option.

In general though, if people have the choice to hire out of different options, they will choose the option they are most comfortable with - which is a combination of trust, price, skill and bias. People never hire simply because someone else is cheap - all other things being equal, they rather do things themselves than hire someone cheap.

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