Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Finding Coding Work Through Placement Websites?

Posted by Cliff on from the careful-who-you-work-for dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Poking around the net, I found a site called RentACoder. As the name implies, it allows people who need a program/web app written to 'hire' a coder to do the work, for a certain amount of money (minus a 15% commission). I was wondering if anyone on Slashdot has written code for this (or a similar) service, and if it's worth the time and skills. I would've evaluated it sooner, however they ask you to provide a social security number at registration. Is the site worth it, or will it just make me bait for ID theives? Is there a similar service that's less intrusive?"

3 of 86 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Great for them. by vbrtrmn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, those kids who get their parents to pay to have their homework get done, usually are found out at their 'real' job really quick, then they get promotions to management.

    --
    it's a sig, wtf?
  2. Re:I wouldn't hold my breath by xgamer04 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is simply no coding project that I would be willing to undertake for $100

    Your loss is my gain:

    public class Hello {
            public static void main(String[] args) {
                    System.out.println("Hello, world!");
            }
    }

    --
    When you look at the state of the world, how can you not become a radical, liberal anarchist?
  3. Re:I wouldn't hold my breath by jrockway · · Score: 4, Funny

    By the time the VM actually executed your code, though, you'd only be making like $3 an hour. :)

    --
    My other car is first.