Freelancers

[udon]

Here's a list if you are looking for one or can offer your services.

getafreelancer.com & odesk.com are good.

http://www.phpkitchen.com/index.php?/archi...-Freelance.html

If you have used any from this list please tell us of your experience/s.

[SMS]

used rentacoder as both a buyer and coder.

As a coder i rate rent a coder 9 out of 10

As a buyer i rate it 6 out of 10 <-- many coders simply waste time there

I dont do RAC coding seriously, just explored it out of curousity.

But if you want to it your living you will have to do cheap projects for a few months, provide good code, build a good ranking, only then you can think for the expensive profitable projects.

[bkkbaz]

used rentacoder as both a buyer and coder.

As a coder i rate rent a coder 9 out of 10

As a buyer i rate it 6 out of 10 <-- many coders simply waste time there

I dont do RAC coding seriously, just explored it out of curousity.

But if you want to it your living you will have to do cheap projects for a few months, provide good code, build a good ranking, only then you can think for the expensive profitable projects.

Agreed - the problem with these sites is that the buyers tend to be motivated exclusively by price. So the guys in India or wherever who have a basic smattering of English get the job for less than $5/hr, and deliver something that's maybe vaguely similar to what the buyer wanted, whereas the guy who could have done the job perfectly has been priced out.

One of the old maxims of software is "Cheap, fast, good - pick two". I'll stick with providing "fast" and "good", I think. If you can't (or don't want to) compete with Indian pay rates, it seems like RAC might not be the best idea...

[SMS]

Yep thats the downside of RAC.

However of you can go thru ~$500 worth of jobs at indian rates (and got good ratings), then you will get expensive projects (>$1000/job). The people who are getting expensive job done wont bother paying 1500 to a coder with good reputation even if an unreputated one agrees to do it for $1000.

On the other hand, a job might be rejected to a reputed coder @ $55 because an unreputated coder is willing to do it at $50

[bkkbaz]

Yep thats the downside of RAC.

However of you can go thru ~$500 worth of jobs at indian rates (and got good ratings), then you will get expensive projects (>$1000/job). The people who are getting expensive job done wont bother paying 1500 to a coder with good reputation even if an unreputated one agrees to do it for $1000.

On the other hand, a job might be rejected to a reputed coder @ $55 because an unreputated coder is willing to do it at $50

This is true, but in order to compete with the reputed Indians, you'd still be doing the >$1000/job at a pitiful hourly rate. A $10,000USD job sounds great at first, until you realise that it's going to mean working 12 hours a day for six months :-)

[udon]

I wonder if any of the Indian coders have broadband/Skype.

[bkkbaz]

I wonder if any of the Indian coders have broadband/Skype.

Of course they do. Why wouldn't they?

[udon]

I wonder if any of the Indian coders have broadband/Skype.

Of course they do. Why wouldn't they?

I never see them mention it, that's why.

Do you know any good PHP coders in India or Malaysia with Skype/broadband?

Edited August 11, 2006 by udon

[thohts]

I prefer elance.com

[bkkbaz]

I wonder if any of the Indian coders have broadband/Skype.

Of course they do. Why wouldn't they?

I never see them mention it, that's why.

Interesting - broadband is certainly available in India, and Skype works anywhere, on just about anything.

Do you know any good PHP coders in India with Skype/broadband?

No, but I know a very good one in Bangkok with both...