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HN seems to be a really funny place for this question. You do not see many “Can anybody recommend a JS developer?” style questions here and monthly “Who is hiring” thread seems more appropriate for this.

Disclaimer: am professionally a PCB designer/EE for last 22 years.

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It doesn't seem that weird precisely because so many people here are in software, rather than hardware. My suspicion is that the median HN reader probably knows a few JS developers, but PCB designers are few and far between in software shops.

Some of the responses surprised me -- I would never have thought about using Fiverr, for instance. I've gone there for graphic design, HTML/CSS/JS, and even some full-stack work, but it never occurred to me to hire a PCB eng there. No reason, just not something I'd looked for before.

Yeah. @OP Maybe EEVBlog's forum or a relevant PCB design subreddit would have better hope at finding a PCB designer in this way? Otherwise, UpWork works really well, as I've hired 2-3 PCB designers off of UpWork so far.

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