Better QA: That’s What Freelance Friends are For
So you’ve spent hours writing something, putting together a layout, or coding a site. Do you think you’ll be able to spot any and all errors before submission?
QA (Quality Assurance) is a fact of every freelancer’s life. Unless said freelancer has no qualms about submitting shoddy work. But the problem is that, since we’ve spent hours looking at our own work, chances are we’ll miss out some mistakes. Even obvious ones.
The answer lies in asking someone else to review your work. Obviously, it can be quite cumbersome to look through something and catalog all the mistakes for revision. Some people will automatically think that you have to pay someone else to proofread your work for you.
But here’s where the concept of freelance friendship comes in: find a freelancing partner, and make a pinky promise together: you will both review each other’s work. It’s a I’ll-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-my-back arrangement. It’s mutually beneficial, and the exchange aspect means all the work is done for free.
Do you think such an arrangement is viable? I’ve yet to try it, and I will share the results as soon as I can.
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5 opinions for Better QA: That’s What Freelance Friends are For
Anne Wayman
May 9, 2008 at 11:07 am
It can work, IF the friend you’re asking is not only willing, but good at copyediting… I don’t do this for friends because my spelling is so creative!
Rico
May 11, 2008 at 1:23 am
Hahaha! So who keeps you on the right (pun intended) track? :)
Joseph
Jun 4, 2008 at 2:18 pm
What about freelance web qa services? Do any exist? What would you look for in such a service?
Rico
Jun 4, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I think your best bet for a freelance QA service is hiring a virtual assistant. Just Google for it. :)
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