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Panic-fixed a 48-hour deadline with a 6am phone call to a stranger in Portland
Client moved the launch up on a Tuesday night, I tried everything from caffeine to crying, then I cold-called a random WordPress developer listed on a local meetup page and he walked me through a plugin combo that saved the whole project, has anyone else gotten lucky from calling a complete stranger during a panic?
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ray61312d ago
Ditch the romantic idea that cold-calling a stranger saved you. You got lucky, and luck isn't a strategy. That dude probably gave you a generic fix you could've found in a ten minute search if you weren't running on fumes. Bet you'd have figured it out on your own with a decent nap and some clear thinking. Relying on a random person's mood and availability is a gamble, not a skill, and it's gonna bite you the next time you're in a jam.
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