Ask HN: I've had some software developed, now the coder is holding me for ransom.

Post by gnaritas » Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 3:49 PM UTC

kragen wrote: post #94

gnaritas wrote: post #71

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He's not a really good coder, really good programmers don't work for peanuts. Good programmers in America make anywhere from 6k to 10k a month, what exactly do you think you're going to get for 2k? For the price you're offering, you won't find any good programmers that'll work for you, you'll only find hacks who think they can and are more than willing to take your money while learning. If you think you can spend 2k…

One programmer I know was making $16k per month, and that was salary. People who assume more of the risk tend to make more than that.

Post by indiejade » Sun, Apr 05, 2009, 1:36 AM UTC

trevelyan wrote: post #80

pixpox3 wrote: post #33

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I appreciate that coding software is an iterative process. But this software was planned out very clearly, there were some minor changes, but nothing big. Im not sure why 10 percent doesn't seem like a good deal for him, he quoted me 2500 dollars, which is all he should get. Out of desperation and a desire to get the project moving and actually get some results, I offered him 10 percent when it was several months lat…

Your biggest problem is that having offered him a stake in the project, you've created a situation in which he now has a reasonable right to control over the way the source code is deployed. I'd assume your programmer set up server authentication to get visibility into the number of sales. If I was working in return for a percentage of sales I would expect a way to independently verify sales figures as well. That is…