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Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by hello_moto »

callmeed wrote: post #4

I can't really speak to design (we do that in-house), but most of the good/keeper Rails developers that I've used in the last year have been in the $100-150/hour range. So, for $2K that gets you 13 to 20 hours of development. For that, I think you might be able to implement one of the features you mentioned but not all of them. I've had good luck finding developers at AuthenticJobs. If you post a freelance job there…

Really? 100-150/hour?

Would you mind to share your experience? like...

- how old they are

- do they also help you with HTML/CSS?

- do they also help you with graphics, icons, and contents?

- what about unit-tests and quality?

Would be very appreciated if you can answer them. If this is just between you and the developers and both parties prefer to be private and decided not to answer, I would understand.

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by burriko »

'custom search feature, social networking/profile features'. These terms are so broad in their scope that it's really not possible for anyone here to estimate with any accuracy the time/cost it would take to implement them.

If you actually do have a detailed spec then I'd recommend that you simply approach a web dev shop/freelancer and see what they say. Explaining the details of what you require is the only way that you're going to get an accurate answer. You may even want to tell them what your budget is up front so that they can be realistic and let you know what's possible for that money. We've all dealt with clients that have very tight budgets, so it's certainly not an unusual request.

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by nrml_consulting »

Like most of the responses here, it's pretty broad based on what you've described and most importantly 'Be Careful' if you have something custom done.

I do designer work out of the Seattle area: http://consulting.nrml.cc

But I'll tell you up front, most of the work we do is out of the box or ported.

If you're looking for a specifically tailored CMS plugin or custom ground up framework, you might want to ask around for a referral from someone that has first hand experience of what the developer can do.

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by adamt »

callmeed wrote: post #4

I can't really speak to design (we do that in-house), but most of the good/keeper Rails developers that I've used in the last year have been in the $100-150/hour range. So, for $2K that gets you 13 to 20 hours of development. For that, I think you might be able to implement one of the features you mentioned but not all of them. I've had good luck finding developers at AuthenticJobs. If you post a freelance job there…

By contrast we regularly employ django developers via elance and pay about $15-25 per hour and the quality now we are very efficient at filtering/testing people is very good

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by il »

adamt wrote: post #14
callmeed wrote: post #4

I can't really speak to design (we do that in-house), but most of the good/keeper Rails developers that I've used in the last year have been in the $100-150/hour range. So, for $2K that gets you 13 to 20 hours of development. For that, I think you might be able to implement one of the features you mentioned but not all of them. I've had good luck finding developers at AuthenticJobs. If you post a freelance job there…

By contrast we regularly employ django developers via elance and pay about $15-25 per hour and the quality now we are very efficient at filtering/testing people is very good

+1 for this. If you're contracting our work online, don't pay inflated Bay Area wages. Go somewhere like Odesk, you can easily get a very competent overseas developer for no more than $20 an hour.

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by brent »

dkuchar wrote: post #7

2 hours of work from this guy: http://le.mu.rs/motherfucker/Index/Entries/2010/6/24_What_mo...

I think it would be interesting to compare 2 hours of output from this guy vs. 100 hours of output at prices mentioned in various posts.

Re: Ask HN: What does $2000 in Web design/development buy you these days?

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Post by wanderboy »

mkramlich wrote: post #18

This kind of Ask HN could easily be abused if it becomes a trend. There are plenty of other websites that are more exactly suited to answering his question, and in a more direct and actionable way, based on a real submitted spec.

noted. I wasn't trying to abuse HN with this post, just trying to get an idea about whether any type of a dynamic site can be created for under 2k. I'll refrain from this type of speculative posting in the future.
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