I need someone to offload projects to (WordPress, Laravel, API, design, and more) - Contract to Hire

IMPORTANT: This message is targeting all prospects, and is certainly not aimed at you. I treat people very well who are legit.

I'm burned out and exhausted, and have grown to absolutely hate writing code after 22 years. What once was a huge passion of mine, has turned into a massively painful thing I have to do to waste my life in a desk chair every day, all day. I hate it and I need to be free from this.

I'm not willing to throw my clients under my bus, so I'm looking to hire the best engineer I can find. Someone who thinks like me, can be independent, work hard, care about the quality of work, and can essentially become a drop in replacement for me.

As per Upwork's policy, payment to you will happen through Upwork (white label), but work will come from clients outside of Upwork. Upwork doesn't allow me to find people to hire through here for our Upwork agency, so unfortunately those contracts won't be possible.

Here is a list of my values. You absolutely MUST be in league with these. If I'm to white label work to you, it needs to look like something I'd put my name on.

1. SOLID, DRY, YAGNI - Clean Code is at the absolute top of the list. If you're not sure what any of that means, and you need to look up the acronyms, do NOT apply. I'll need to see your recent work to verify that it's quality code. I have no patients for garbage spaghetti code. In fact, the reason I'm very stressed right now is because I had to refactor garbage code for a deadline tomorrow. (BTW, the code wasn't even finished...)

2. You work VERY hard on your work. I work 6 hours every day, but as long as you're doing at least 30 hours a week, you'll be just fine. The more you work, the more you earn. I have no patience for people who waste time, would rather sleep or take weekends and holidays off when clients are waiting. You can certainly take a day off here and there, but you need to have the drive I have. Remember. You're a drop in replacement.

3. You know your limitations - I can't expect you to e an expert at everything, but if you're an expert in many things, that'll be great. Don't pretend that you're great at something or could do something just for the money, A major client who needs something you're great at is far better than a major client getting garbage work because you pretended you're great. Be honest or go home. I need people who are down to Earth.

4. US citizens only, no illegals, no wannabes, no pretenders. Time zones are very important. Quality is imperative.

Now for the skills, the more of these you know, the better.

MUST BE AN EXPERT AT:

PHP

WordPress Plugin creation

Laravel

API Integration

JS

GREAT TO HAVE (AKA The more you can prove, the better your chances.)

1. Amazing design work (I suck at design, and I keep having to suggest others do the work. )

2. Mobile app design (Not much work for that, but good to have,)

3. C-style languages (Especially C# - It comes up occasionally.)

4. Graphic design (Goes well with web design. Good to have.)

5. CSS / HTML (The foundation of web design)

Payment to you is absolutely going to be on par with your skill level. I'll charge clients more than I pay you, as I still plan to find clients to send your way, and that is what I'll earn.

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