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Finding Coding Work Through Placement Websites?
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?"
Why didn't it go over well? The entire country outsources tech work and is rewarded for it while the students are bright enough to emulate that strategy to their own benefit and they're considers cheats?
Don't worry about sounding racist, it's simple economics. The annual per capita income of India is $3,100. You're not likely to find many Americans-- except perhaps the occasional high school student-- who would be willing to compete with someone on that sort of a pay scale. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with being able to live on $260 a month
Is that like Skype ? I never use it with customers because it's too hard to record for later reference and demands my full attention at once, so you can only handle one customer at a time. I always use gaim and immediately save the logs in the appropriate directory.
The best advice I can give to you is to get your name out on forums (for job postings), check classifieds (like craigslist), check regular job sites (devbistro, etc.) and pursue every avenue to get your name and skillset in the public eye.
Then subcontract out all the work to people on rent-a-coder.