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Re: What should I be paying a django/python developer per hour?

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Post by lazyant » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 1:40 PM UTC

enduser wrote: post #2

Four options: 1) you are going to hire someone who can help you figure out what you want and will implement it quickly. This person will have a proven track record of implemented sites and will be expensive (over $100/hour depending on experience and their cost of living). 2) Hire a company with multiple experienced Django developers on staff if you want the site done well and on time. Expect to pay slightly more, ~$…

Consider Canada too, rates at a 25% or more discount.

Random quasi-useless data point: I hired a very good Linux sysadmin really wanting to learn Django for a small/simple Django project. He lives in a "developing nation" (euphemism for "poor") I paid him $40/hr which is about twice what he was making and he picked django really quick and did a great job, luckily he doesn't fall in any of these categories but I realize this is an oulier.

Re: What should I be paying a django/python developer per hour?

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Post by ovidiu » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 2:32 PM UTC

I've just outsourced a project to a friend of mine. He's a very skilled Django developer. The rate is around 30 euros / hour. However, I live in Romania.

Re: What should I be paying a django/python developer per hour?

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Post by maxhenderson » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 9:06 PM UTC

I echo the sentiment of many folks on here- you pay for quality. As a development consultant and programmer, I've heard one too many horror stories from non-technical folks who just hired the cheapest freelancer they could find. That being said, freelancers range from $30/hr (for asian low cost providers) to $150+/hr (experienced guys in the USA).

If you're looking to build fairly robust web app that you plan on scaling, I suggest either:

1) Recruiting a technical co-founder and letting him choose a freelancer he's closely screened, and then micro-manage the hell out of the project; 2) Hiring a reputable firm to do it.

Either way, pay no less that $100/hr for good work.

Re: What should I be paying a django/python developer per hour?

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Post by dinkumthinkum » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 2:00 AM UTC

nl wrote: post #8

dinkumthinkum wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know. The idea that that person would be of slightly lower quality or just in a honeymoon phase, or even naive I think is a bit much of you have a very experienced programmer that just hasn't done Django. I just quibble with the implication of lower quality, naivete, and "promissing the world."

Ok - put it like this: I've been doing web facing Java apps for over 10 years, every weekday, for at least 8 hours a day. And yet, I still learn new stuff every single day . Sometimes not little things either - things that can save hours, maybe days of work. I've met many better programmers than me. But I know my shit, and I bet I could get a Java webapp up & running quicker than someone like say Donald Knuth, simply…

I disagree and fail to see how that answers my issue but the real killer here is that if that is sole criteria, whether the person has experience with this particular framework, why pick something so niche as Django? Is that the best decision given this mentality?

Re: What should I be paying a django/python developer per hour?

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Post by markorto » Sun, Oct 24, 2010, 2:55 AM UTC

maxklein wrote: post #9

Let me tell you this - Django is one of the worst frameworks to hire people for. Difficult to find devs to maintain it and expensive. If you are outsourcing, go with PHP. Just like me, you'll regret going with a niche like python/django when outsourcing.

i agree.