Hello everyone, A few months a go I decided to go programmer for hire and started checking out several contracting jobs. Over 6 months I've had 5 jobs, only 2 of which made good on funds owed (and sadly they were both jobs < $1k). It seems to me that most of these "contractor for hire" meet up sites, are only interested in collecting fees, and not enforcing payment.
For instance on my last contract I finished 2 weeks ahead of schedule, the payor waited 2 weeks to pay me anyways, and to add insult to injury when I deposited the check, the thing bounced! So I contacted the site that I got the job from (I'll leave them nameless for now since this is still technically an open dispute), and they said that unless I had used their escrow service (an additional 10% fee), that payment is not guaranteed. I guess this was laid out in fine print on page 12 of their terms of service or something. But holy cow, I'm getting tired of getting stiffed. I do good work I do it quickly, and I maintain communication and give regular updates. I guess maybe I'm too trusting or something, I want to code, I love to code, but I'm going to have to start bringing home the bacon soon, or I'm not going to have a home to bring it to. Has anyone else here utilized contractor for hire services, as a programmer, and could make a good recommendation? Additionally is anyone looking for a contract programmer for short term work, I could use the work and I think I'm getting pretty good at it :) Thanks in advance! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
