And that's why I took a steady. I contracted for about 6 years. Got a bit burnt out on people wanting something for nothing. Oh, and the "we'll give you a project and see how well you do. Then we'll discus payment'... look at my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ portfolio you piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Also the 'my neighbors son said he could build this for $200 in half the time'.
I think the best was when I quoted a flash form project and the company thought it was too much so they outsourced it. Needlesss to say that when they got the final product and tried to implement it into their existing application it wasn't compatible and very buggy. Guess you get what you pay for ;) B. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Laurent wrote: > > > sick. If you want to know for how little money projects are proposed and > > how fast programmer people on earth can work for go there: > > http://www.getacoder.com > > I found the same thing when I registered with guru.com. There are hundreds > of jobs with a budget of $500 or less, and precious few worth bidding on. > All my work comes from contacts--current and former clients, colleagues, and > the like. > > There is a downside to outsourcing, though. I've worked on two major > projects, one for Disney and one for Sesame Street, that were initially > outsourced overseas. Both projects were eventually deemed substandard, and > completely re-written in-house. > > I'm not saying the programmers overseas are substandard--I've worked with > some fine Chinese and Indian programmers (even some good Europeans ;-) There > are so many problems with time differences, cultural differences, > expectations, and a host of other issues that it often costs more to send > something overseas. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
