[thelist] RantACoder

[Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)]

		   To be fair, every market has stages, and we happen to be in the "cheap clone" stage; it's a fact of (business) life.  Now if you want a particular specialty, etc. then you're probably going to have to pay for it.

   I just hope Kenneth never finds himself in a mess that requires him to solicit help from any of the folks on this list :)

Peter

P.S.  There's probably a reason that nobody here has mentioned that site in three years.

				From: "Lee McIvor" lee at thinkco.com

Mac, I think you've hit the nail on the head.

Kenneth just thinks he's paying for a "coder". Therefore if he doesn't
appreciate what's involved in the job how would he know how to select
the right firm? 

Lee McIvor
Web Developer

Email lee.mcivor at thinkco.com
Telephone +44 (0)191 269 9840
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of mac jordan

On 8/17/06, Kenneth wrote:
>
> I happened to come across some old threads (2003) on this list about
> RentACoder. I don't have time to look at every single thread but after
a
> brief look it appears that most of the coders were complaining loudly
and
> very upset that coders in India were pricing them out of the market.
Tsk.
> Tsk. Tsk.

nice rant. Now then - is it our fault that you picked a shop that
couldn't
do what you want? How did you select them, evaluate them?

we're entitled to (and get) our approx $100 per hour because we have
years
of business experience, because we can tell clients when their ideas
won't
work - and suggest new ideas that will, because we turn out good quality
code on time and on budget.

and we're no different to hundreds - probably thousands - of development
companies; if you engaged the wrong one(s), then your selection process
is
flawed.