In my market (Toronto), Cake development is a bit of a niche market. It is fairly difficult to find specific Cake work. If you are lucky as a freelancer, you might be able to join a project early enough to suggest Cake in the design phase. However, most projects have those things worked out before they get to the hiring stage. Rails seems to be the buzzword framework of choice, so there is more demand for those developers. However, from what I understand, when a Cake developer is needed, there are very few qualified people to fill those roles, so they tend to be compensated at least decently.
Now, personally, I work on a contract basis so I prefer to get paid by the project rather than by the hour. Overall, I don't make as much money as I could if I did things hourly, but most people would spend 2-3 times more on hourly work if things went that way. I work my freelance stuff part-time, outside of my normal day job, so this is something I am fine with doing anyhow. The best way I believe to avoid getting ripped off (from my development perspective): 1) Check your developer's work in the CakePHP domain. Have they contributed to the community? Will they show you physical code? Do they have working references (people) you can talk to about their work? 2) Make sure your developer isn't just outsourcing your work. If this is okay with you, that's fine, but if you are not expecting it, this can be a headache. This will contribute to delays in development as communication through the third party you hired will be slow. 3) If the developer you are hiring will not sign a physical contract, look elsewhere. This is something you absolutely need. This protects you AND it protects the developer. Any freelancer who shirks signed contracts is trouble or looking for it. I have had several jobs where arrangements were "verbal" contracts and either scope creep was so terrible that nothing got done or I simply did work I never got paid for. As you might be able to tell from the notes above, I am as much a believer in good employers as being a good employee. Good luck, Fred foongoos wrote: > what is the general hourly charge of a cakephp developer. Can some one > recomend a good way to hire one without being ripped off or getting > poor quality work? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
