I am seeking a skilled programmer for a project which should take but 5 hours, though I am concede some programmers may need up to 10 hours.
Project is a compression utility using a copyrighted method I have created as a hobby. The designer will need to be able to convert files to binary, work bit by bit in binary, save the resulting 'compressed' file, load resulting file, incorporate a timer into the software (to show length of compression and decompression stages) as well as be able to show original size versus compressed size information. Additionally the programmer must account for any .DLL's, extensions, and the likes that will be needed to make this function on any Windows 9x/ME/XP/2k/nt/ Vista pc. I will need a interface for ease of peer review, no command line software please! Also I would prefer not to use web based languages as these are generally slower and may have issues with larger files. Project will pay a flat cost of $300 for working software (built to specs) with a bonus for exceptional work of up to $200. If this is to small an amount for you, I am sorry this economy has killed my spare income amounts, and I will be unable to pay more for months. Lean times = lean pay... $500 is all I could save up with my extra paycheck... I used to live in an area where I knew 3 people I could walk to for software, they used to make my software for reasonable fee's. I do not have their numbers due to a bad phone... If this works out I may hire you in better times for encryption and compression software to test against benchmarks. This compression utility in this effort is a lossless variant, designed to be able to be used on most files successfully, though the gains in some may be rather minuscule, time wise I hope decent but expect pretty long compression times. Math is not fully worked out, but since all steps are logical and ordered, with a 100% reversal rate, there is no expectations of issues in developing this software. If this software beats any benchmarks I can acquire additional funds from an investor friend for a series of statistical programs to test the theoretical limits of this software. In this regards I think I have a contender for text compression, but without functional software we cannot hope to know for certain due to the high math involved in deriving statistics without a working model to assist in developing that bit of information. A contract will be issued to the programmer to guarantee their payment if they provide the software in functioning form. Please do not harass me if you consider this low pay. I have web design skills and I know that some people expect $1,000 an hour for 1,000 hours for a single web page, and that I used to make a whole website for $50 to try to get my name out. 1337 skills is cool and all, but I cannot pay, and someone in this economy may want this. I do think $30 to $60 an hour is a reasonable wage in any event.
