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Freelance Programming Sites?
CarrotLord asks: "I have some small, fairly well-defined programming projects that I need done, but I don't have time to do them myself. So, I've been looking into sites like Get a Freelancer and ScriptLance. Does anybody have any experience of these types of sites? Specifically, I'd like to hear your recommendations and advice, as well as your experiences. My concerns include: getting very poor quality work; communication and language barriers and also losing control over the work that I've paid for -- if I'm paying for some work, I want it licensed on my own terms."
I've worked as a contractor in this situation. My client had a machine dedicated as the build machine which I would connect to with vnc over ssh.
One HUGE advantage of this is that the client can easily build the project himself. If I decided to use a new library I have to set it up on the build machine for them. If I got hit by a bus tomorrow while carrying my workstation the client would have everything that they need to continue on with the project (minus one software developer).
Jon