Why you should think twice about Freelancer.com

Post by tomjen3 » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 8:46 AM UTC

yen223 wrote: post #49

michaelkoz wrote: post #45

I own a company and have been using ODESK for the last six years. I have spent nearly 35,000 on above average programmers, their normal rate of pay is anywhere between 15 and 65.00 an hour. At first, i selected this site because it was a good source of low paid talent, but then I realized there were some really solid developers/programmers using the service. I only really had problem with 2-3 guys who said they were…

$35,000 over six years. This is why if you're a programmer of any substance, you should avoid oDesk.

Post by mrfusion » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 12:52 PM UTC

curiously wrote: post #36

codyb wrote: post #23

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I think gun.io has pretty decent projects although I've never actually worked through them. They seem more properly screened and to hold their talent to higher standards. At least that's the impression I've received.

I don't know anyone that actually were able to work on projects advertised on gun.io. These were freelancers with a high hourly rate to lower hourly rates. The experience of gun.io is frustrating because you send out a proposal and you often have no idea what is happening to it. Let alone that the given set of requirements are esoteric enough, there just doesn't seem to be any available jobs that end up happening thr…

Post by codenut » Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 5:10 PM UTC

issaria wrote: post #59

michaelkoz wrote: post #45

I own a company and have been using ODESK for the last six years. I have spent nearly 35,000 on above average programmers, their normal rate of pay is anywhere between 15 and 65.00 an hour. At first, i selected this site because it was a good source of low paid talent, but then I realized there were some really solid developers/programmers using the service. I only really had problem with 2-3 guys who said they were…

"but you know during the job they were Googling answers to the problems" LOL, what an asshole.

Post by msamoylov » Wed, Dec 24, 2014, 4:29 PM UTC

GFischer wrote: post #67

msamoylov wrote: post #63

A freelance marketplace is always full of cheap and mindless people who are not able to deliver anything. They place random bids and produce crap. Unfortunately most of clients don't realize that it's not possible to get a quality work for $20 per hour or even less. They get frustrated and disappointed in a whole idea of hiring a freelancer. P.S. If you need a reliable person for your Python or Javascript work – just…

I disagree, it is possible to get quality work for U$ 20 or less... but it probably takes so much time to sort the actual decent bidders from the busts than it should not be worth it. I know of several good developers that started out on those sites, but were quickly snatched full-time by companies that realized they were good.

Post by scardine » Sun, Dec 28, 2014, 3:55 AM UTC

dguaraglia wrote: post #24

itl12 wrote: post #18

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Without being rude, what sort of income is possible from those sites?

I know a few hundred dollars here and there doesn't sound like a lot, but if you are doing it while living in a country with a favorable exchange rate (say, Brazil or Argentina), it becomes an easy way to earn a decent living. I've done it myself.