Just submitted a job on Odesk........

[CEBenz]

Lets hope I didn't come across like too much of a dumb@**

Have had the idea for quite a while and finally sort of figuring out how to implement it. It should be interesting to see what happens. I can't wait to get to the promotion phase.

 

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[Inphinity]

Good luck, let us know how you get on with Odesk

 

[CEBenz]

Oh I will. So far, 12 hours and no hits. Hmmm I'll give it a couple days and adjust the parameters some if I don't get any hits.

 

[MrEks]

Good luck on the posted project.

 

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[CEBenz]

Ok so, Odesk lesson #1.............

Make sure you confirm your email correctly lol

 

[Anon3587x]

You posted a job on Odesk?


Dammit!
I should of sent you an affiliate link ahha

Good luck!

 

[CEBenz]

Yes you should have Bat lol

 

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[Guest3722A]

as a humble suggestion, consider posting the job at: elance, guru, vworker, freelancer and bizreef as well. When I posted a job at odesk my personal experience wasn't that positive as far as bids and customer service.

Guru wasn't bad.

 

[CEBenz]

Cool. I'll try guru to. Thanks for the pointer.

 

[Jonleehacker]

This is worth a read:

How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen | Derek Sivers

 

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[CEBenz]

Well, i've had 7 applicants. 2 of which I've filtered out. I'm thus far, not terrbily impressed. I'm checking references on 2 others, but one, while his portfolio looks good (assuming it's real), the feedback isn't so hot.

 

[Brander]

I realise this is an older post, but look for programmers locally - target IT students for paid intern-ships and resume experience - you will get a far better candidate and can sometimes stay with you for the duration of their studies if you pay them accordingly.

 

[evanwebb]

roark

I realise this is an older post, but look for programmers locally - target IT students for paid intern-ships and resume experience - you will get a far better candidate and can sometimes stay with you for the duration of their studies if you pay them accordingly.​

Have you had experience with this? How did it go?

 

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[James Fake]

IT students aren't really going to help you out. They are more learning about how to manage and maintain computers. You are going to want to target more of the Computer Science majors; and even then, they honestly don't learn how to code at all. They know how to read and understand it, but when it comes to building an app; they prob don't have the skills to do it.

Now if you come across a student (ex-coder or use to do it all the time) but decided to change directions and pursue another 'career' major route; good luck. They are really hard to find, but if you find them; they will gladly accept small jobs.

Small because college kids really don't want to work; they want to experience college. So 15 hours a week tops; anything more than that, prob won't get done with any motivation or distraction.

How do I know all this? Because I was that web designer that changed directions and was recruited several times, obviously I'm back now though.


- James F.