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1) Having a linkedIn profile shouldn't be required to sign up.
2) The 'pages' associated with an account don't seem super useful to me right now. A lot of my most interesting work is not graphical in any way, so given that the main element of a 'page' is the image that is not super helpful.
Maybe a 'projects' section as well/instead? That way I can provide links to GitHub pages or whatever.
I don't think it is fair to discriminate by country, it would be much better to only discriminate by capabilities. What the price is should not matter either, unless you are looking to set up a shop that people will know will overcharge or where the people from the 'west' can set up shop without competition.
The idea seems to be to restrict this to western countries only
Personally, I agree with others that the $35 minimum may be a little restricting on new developers who are trying to build site experience. Maybe a new developer rule could apply in which for the first 5 or so jobs the mandatory minimum is waived when they're sending in offers. You could also have something like Gold Star, Silver Star, Bronze Star rating for new developers so as to alleviate anxiety from selecting a…
Wouldn't this just incentivize people to keep making new accounts? If there's going to be a minimum, there shouldn't be any exceptions or it defeats the point and allows people to game the system.
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What's wrong with making the site region-based? Maybe don't discriminate by country, but certainly limit people to their own region/country. If people are looking for slave labour from India there's always Elance.
If there are Indian freelancers with verifiable high quality work, OSS contributions etc. they deserve to be able to compete on a level playing field with similarly qualified Americans. You could always design a filter for those people who for whatever reason were only looking for developers in their timezone/country/city
I think this is a great idea, but am I the only one who thinks the minimum rate should be more like $70? This would widen the perceived quality gap between this and Elance IMO, but I'm guessing you've probably done a lot of research before settling on $35.
I do not expect to get anyone skilled for $35.00. Perhaps that's an ignorant assumption, but I don't think I'm alone in this. Charge more.
I am skilled and work for less as an employee (before tax) in Romania.
I don't think it is fair to discriminate by country, it would be much better to only discriminate by capabilities. What the price is should not matter either, unless you are looking to set up a shop that people will know will overcharge or where the people from the 'west' can set up shop without competition.
What's wrong with making the site region-based? Maybe don't discriminate by country, but certainly limit people to their own region/country. If people are looking for slave labour from India there's always Elance.
What checks do you have on the jobs posted by employers?
I think this is a great idea, but am I the only one who thinks the minimum rate should be more like $70? This would widen the perceived quality gap between this and Elance IMO, but I'm guessing you've probably done a lot of research before settling on $35.
I do not expect to get anyone skilled for $35.00. Perhaps that's an ignorant assumption, but I don't think I'm alone in this. Charge more.
I don't think it is fair to discriminate by country, it would be much better to only discriminate by capabilities. What the price is should not matter either, unless you are looking to set up a shop that people will know will overcharge or where the people from the 'west' can set up shop without competition.
Good point. But are you saying $35/hr is excessive? The good developers/designers I know charge way more than that. And people are willing to pay for predictable results.
I'm sure the market will find a way to accommodate the price/quality relationship without adding restrictions like this.