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Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by megamark16 »

sam wrote: post #10
tentonova2 wrote: post #6

I'd happily solve/tutor a one-off problem for 2 hours at a lower fixed price ($100-200), but as much as I like the idea of one-off tutor sessions, I can't get behind a minimum wage rate. At my usual $150 hour rate, it would take 17 hours on WageMachine to match one hour of work . I could just as easily spend those 17 hours finding that one hour of work (and it wouldn't be just one hour). [Edit] Thinking about it more…

Maybe you could handle 17 WageMachine threads simultaneously.

Now there's an idea! It would be like sitting in the Django IRC for an hour or two, but getting paid for each person who you offer advice to, regardless of the time overlap.

Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by noodle »

sam wrote: post #10
tentonova2 wrote: post #6

I'd happily solve/tutor a one-off problem for 2 hours at a lower fixed price ($100-200), but as much as I like the idea of one-off tutor sessions, I can't get behind a minimum wage rate. At my usual $150 hour rate, it would take 17 hours on WageMachine to match one hour of work . I could just as easily spend those 17 hours finding that one hour of work (and it wouldn't be just one hour). [Edit] Thinking about it more…

Maybe you could handle 17 WageMachine threads simultaneously.

maybe you can, but the rules currently restrict things to 1 job at a time.

Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by jey »

I regularly tutor people in programming and act as a helpdesk, am considered a good tutor/helpdesk, and I would never offer my tutoring/helpdesk services at that puny rate.

I absolutely love the idea, but you NEED to let the tutors set their own rate. Anyone want to build such a site, possibly working with me? I own "software-shaman.com" and have been meaning to set it up for something like this, but haven't felt any urgency yet.

EDIT: Now I also have programmer-helpdesk.com (and both w/o hyphens)

Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by breck »

admp wrote: post #23
breck wrote: post #20

Invite codes for HackerNews: To buy: hnbuy To work: hnwork

"Sorry but you need a valid invite code to join." Edit: I suppose you use the same form for both tutors and students to register. The hnwork code doesn't work there.

Sorry about that, I stupidly made them single use invites. Should be fixed now.

Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by kiba »

I wonder if I'll be able to tutor people competently on programming with:

1. 5 years of ruby

2. 7 months of python + pygame

3. Approximately 2-3 weeks of C from arudino hacking

4. A year and a half of Java in high school

5. A month of experience with javascript, and canvas + html5 technology

Re: Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

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Post by breck »

jey wrote: post #24

I regularly tutor people in programming and act as a helpdesk, am considered a good tutor/helpdesk, and I would never offer my tutoring/helpdesk services at that puny rate. I absolutely love the idea, but you NEED to let the tutors set their own rate. Anyone want to build such a site, possibly working with me? I own "software-shaman.com" and have been meaning to set it up for something like this, but haven't felt any…

Thanks for the feedback.

We limit it to a 30min-2hr shifts. My hope is people will do a quick 30min-1hr help session, and then if it's a good fit continue to work together (offsite). The idea here is to speed up the initial intro period.

> You may not use WageMachine to find workers and then conduct the transaction off site, unless you pay them at least their "Normal Rate".

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