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And how long ago was it that you started unsuccessfully trying to get this task completed on a freelance site?
I really hate being so self-aggrandizing, but at gun.io, this is exactly the problem we're trying to solve. Open and extremely easy to use, while not sucking in terms of quality. I think we're doing an OK job, but this is more complex than it sounds, and quite obviously, there's always room to do better. (If anyone strongly feels that we just suck, PLEASE email me). Thanks for allowing us the self-promotional spot, h…
From the point of view of the freelance worker, gun.io has been amazing. Interesting work and very nice clients!
I honestly wish we could get you guys and gals better jobs more frequently tho, haha. Sometimes we do not such a good job
I've been the top #1 provider for years and up until vWorker got sold to freelancer. I honestly think that was an awful move, since what made vWorker different from the rest is that it had less number of providers (and clients), but with a much better quality. This, and the fact that being a freelancer for years helped me identify lots of things that were poorly done on sites such as freelancer, made me realize that…
Same here, used vWorker both as provider and recently buyer. The quality of bids we received from vWorker was magnitudes better than the crap we are getting now on Freelancer. Already wasted time with one project there, and I guess its re-post will be the last attempt to get work done there. vWorker worked well, and the quality of users was better. Good luck with your Workana, it looks good.
I've been the top #1 provider for years and up until vWorker got sold to freelancer. I honestly think that was an awful move, since what made vWorker different from the rest is that it had less number of providers (and clients), but with a much better quality. This, and the fact that being a freelancer for years helped me identify lots of things that were poorly done on sites such as freelancer, made me realize that…
I was a veteran of vWorker, too. I found the site quirky and ugly, but deeply functional. Freelancer seems to be the opposite -- very pretty, professionally aggravating. I jumped ship (to my own network) pretty quickly after the transition, and if I needed to find work again through a site, it probably wouldn't be that one.
We've got top developers from around the US (many, many from this community) and we match you to developers who fit the skillset, timeframe, and budget you're looking for. Instead of a million bids, we match you to three top notch devs who can get the job done (any of the three can do your project, we just assume you'll like get along with one more than others)
DISCLAIMER: I'm a founder of matchist, but started the company because I was sick of freelancer outsourcing sites not being able to match my talented dev friends and entrepreneur friends.
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I'm not sure I see any reason to think that the "average HN freelancer" would be overkill. There are recurring posts here from people asking about how to get started in freelancing, such people will need a few low-risk small projects to get their feet wet.
You're rigth. I've been looking into freelancing several times (and I have a verified account on Elance), but I haven't found a project I'm 100% confident I can take on my limited time and skills, and which isn't overrun by cheap developers (Elance is really good at making me lose my confidence, lots of seemingly great developers at ridiculously low prices, so I end up not bidding).
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"Code, not think". This is my current problem with the freelancers I find. They need an awful lot of guidance, even the good ones. Any recommendations on how to find freelancers who do much more of the thinking? (I plan on trying with some HN freelancers soon.)
Depending on what you want to have developed, they just might need that much guidance, otherwise the end result will be a surprise for you :) When looking for a freelancer consider people who have done things that you personally like and think would be a good fit for you too. E.g. contact the developer of a website you like or the contributor to an open source project which is well-respected.
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sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do you find the relevant IRC channel? i googled the issue and found a few search engines like this http://searchirc.com/ . is this the best search engine for IRC? or what do you recommend? thanks!
Most technical computer topics have an IRC channel on freenode. Often google shows up a page for the active channels. The searchirc.com sometimes shows dead channel.
elance is good and the only site i use for this - mostly because i'm used to it and i find new sites confusing to get used to, more than that i consider it 'best'. it's dominated by the weak php developers you speak of, but if you just filter everybody out who charges less than $20 per hour[1], you'll get rid of most of them and be left with some good people. after you've gotten a few hundred proposals on elance it w…
well charging higher than 25$/hr cuts both ways I originally started from elance a few years back and gave a low-ish rate but I was being ignored or being asked for discounts on near bottom rates, I realized if you want to be valued you need to have a rate that's respected. I have tripled that rate and the quality of projects and clients has improved considerably. ps do give a rough range of budget on elance but neve…
Indeed, game theory dictates that if everybody did what I suggested the bad devs would eventually figure it out and it would no longer work.