Cobol - Does the concept of Net freelance programming actually work ?

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Does the concept of Net freelance programming actually work ?

PradeepR

2005-09-23, 9:55 pm

Hi,

Just the other day I was reading in the newspaper that there is a site
on NET (RentACoder) which allows people to bid for projects on the NET
and earn money if project is completed successfully.

Only the

part was the people are under-cutting and some projects
are getting done at 2.5/4$ per hours.

I am basically a COBOL progrommer. I wanted to know if anyone had the
experience of doing work, like this ? What has been the experience ?
(Does it actually work , how was the pay etc..)

PNR

Michael Mattias

2005-09-23, 9:55 pm

> Only the

part was the people are under-cutting and some projects
> are getting done at 2.5/4$ per hours.

You get what you pay for.

MCM

Oliver Wong

2005-09-23, 9:55 pm

"PradeepR" <pradeep.ravle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1127473226.904530.219510@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> Just the other day I was reading in the newspaper that there is a site
> on NET (RentACoder) which allows people to bid for projects on the NET
> and earn money if project is completed successfully.
>
> Only the

part was the people are under-cutting and some projects
> are getting done at 2.5/4$ per hours.
>
> I am basically a COBOL progrommer. I wanted to know if anyone had the
> experience of doing work, like this ? What has been the experience ?
> (Does it actually work , how was the pay etc..)

I have an account on RentACoder as a coder for hire. Unfortunately, I
never made a bid that was accepted by the client (and now with a full time
job, I sort of "forgot about" RentACoder).

Note that the client does not nescessarily have to accept the lowest
bid! Every coder posts a proposed rate, and can add comments. The intention
of these comments is to describe exactly what the coder will or will not do
e.g. for website project, you might say you're willing to find a host,
coming up with a graphical design, and take provided text and place it into
the design, and upload the whole site to the host for the client, but that
you are not willing to actually come up with the text yourself (at least,
not at the proposed bidding price). The client can read all the comments,
reply to them, check the coder's profile, etc. all before deciding on which
bid to actually accept.

RentACoder has a feedback system, like eBay, where after a project is
complete, the client can rate the coder (I'm not sure if the coder can rate
the client). Back when I was "active" on RentACoder, I had assumed that the
rating meant a lot to the potential clients, so I kept trying to underbid
the other coders in hope of getting at least one project under my belt and
start building up my feedback ratings. But as I said above, I never got a
project.

So I know from experience, the client doesn't always choose the cheapest
bid.

- Oliver

Sergey I.Grachyov

2005-09-23, 9:55 pm

> > Only the

part was the people are under-cutting and some projects
>
> You get what you pay for.

But no needs to overpay to get better quality and the same functionality.

I have 514 projects completed via RentACoder.
Mt projects are not big, but all completed.
I have many repeated buyers, mostly from USA.

--
Sergey.
http://www.takereal.com/freelance/resume.asp

PradeepR

2005-09-26, 3:55 am

Oliver Wong wrote:
>
> RentACoder has a feedback system, like eBay, where after a project is
> complete, the client can rate the coder (I'm not sure if the coder can rate
> the client). Back when I was "active" on RentACoder, I had assumed that the
> rating meant a lot to the potential clients, so I kept trying to underbid
> the other coders in hope of getting at least one project under my belt and
> start building up my feedback ratings. But as I said above, I never got a
> project.
>
> So I know from experience, the client doesn't always choose the cheapest
> bid.
>
> - Oliver

Thanks Mate.

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