Outsourcing my application development

[foxedtail]

I've been an IT professional for the past 15 years and have a tendency of getting
bogged down with the development details and get overwhelmed. But I need to
get some ideas off the ground. The idea is to outsource the development work to
some contractors on sites such as elance; so that I can focus on the big picture
(viz site design, database design, support and building the business).
What are the arguments for and against this? In particular, I'd like to hear about
reliability, costs, non-compete, technology challenges, (development) knowledge transfer,
and any other relevant issues. The reason I say (development) knowledge transfer is that
I'd rather someone else build it for me and I support and modify it; based on user feedback.

Thank you...

 

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[mrhahn]

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[Mike A.B.]

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- Noli

 

[Brander]

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O'n tasi vjisi't e gix piifmit op vji jeztvedl. Cav apmitt zuas qsukidv ot iyvsinimz tonqmi, O'f muul imtixjisi. O fuacv vji citv qsuhsennist esi csuxtoph imepdi emm fez.

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