I was going to send this out when I originally saw this post, but I don't know Vincent, and can't really speculate on him as a person.
If you ask me... not that anyone has... $25/hr seems pretty low for the quality of work he claims to have done. Sprint.com, BankOfAmerica.com... In my opinion, you get what you pay for... and when it comes to web development, you might get lucky every now and then, but more times than none you'll end up getting left hanging. This is no different than any other industry... Perfect example is the show "Holmes on Homes <http://www.holmesonhomes.com/>" this guy has made a living going around and fixing the mistakes of others. People often look for the cheapest price, and then get left hanging with a crappy product that was built inproperly, and/or without the proper permits. Web Development is no different, imo. If you're looking for a good Freelance Coldfusion Developer, then simply ask for professional references from the projects they've done. Don't go off of sample websites that they claim to have worked on. A good developer keeps doesn't burn bridges with his/her clients once the job is complete. So professional references should never be a problem. Once you contact these references ask then about the quality, overall responsivness, and support of the developer. And ALWAYS ask them if they would use this person/company again. Simply stated... Don't jump before check the pool for water :) Just my 2-cents. On Dec 12, 2007 11:10 AM, Jesse B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm probly going to get flamed for this but I feel it is necessary to > expose the fact that this guy Vince is not always on the up and up and > anyone considering hiring better check with some of his recent clients. Also > consider covering your backside when you make payment and use a credit card > so you can chargeback if your deal goes bad. > > After being hired to do some bug fixes by a buddy of mine Vince invoiced > him for 6 hours of work fixing a bug. Now I will admit his work should have > been validated prior to payment but my buddy is a very trusting person and > figured based on Vince's claims about his experience that working with him > should not be a problem. So Vince was paid via check for his time. Then when > he was asked to deliver the code for the bug fix that he was hired to take > care of he started coming up with these different excuses about the task he > was to work on. After it was said and done Vince never produced one line of > code and finally admitted he was unable to reproduce the bug, so he got paid > for "getting familiar with the code" as he puts it. > > So the question is will Vince give back the money or will he honor his > agreement with his client and fix the bug? He is $150 richer for just > looking at some code and doing nothing... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs/message.cfm/messageid:6061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.13
