Should I Hire Expensive or Affordable Developers?

May 7th, 2021

“Should I hire affordable (“cheap”) developers because I can save money, or do I hire expensive developers because I can get better quality?”

That is the question.

If you are struggling with this question, you just have to consider one factor — risk.

If you can risk losing a lot of money with your app, then you can be fine with hiring more affordable developers. Let’s call this category of people “personal project” people.

People who are working on a personal project are usually wealthy people who have disposable funds.

If you cannot risk losing a lot of money with your app, then you will want to invest more on the quality of your app. Let’s call these people “entrepreneurs.”

Entrepreneurs have an uncertain future, thus their expenses are much more deliberate.

The question is, are you an entrepreneur or are you working on a personal project?

Does spending money feel like a risk to you or not?

If you felt like it was a risk, then you want to make sure you pay for a quality app once, otherwise you should prepare to pay for a low-quality app potentially twice.