I don't remember which one I looked at awhile back, but I wasn't satisified. all the projects that I would charge $500+ for were being bid at $50, by people in russia and india.
--- Tom Metro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone have experience with project bidding sites, > such as: > > http://guru.com/ > http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/default.asp > http://www.elance.com/ > http://getafreelancer.com/ > > > Most of these sites charge a membership fee in order > to be able to view > the details of a project or bid on it. I'm quite > skeptical that they're > worth the investment. > > In casual browsing at sites like rentacoder.com it > seems that most of > the projects are low budget and are mostly bid on by > college kids and > off shore workers. Another site seemed to focus on > high-end enterprise > projects that require lengthly proposals. Ideally > I'm looking for > something in between. > > In theory, project work should be a good niche for > Perl. Perl may be > showing up on job postings with decreasing > frequency, but for a project > that doesn't mandate what language is used for the > solution, you can > take advantage of the speed of development Perl > provides, and possibly > underbid competitors. (See "Productivity and Perl", > http://www.perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=170938, > and the Paul Graham > essays it links to.) > > I'd be interested to hear of any good or bad > experiences with sites like > these. > > -Tom > Anthony ph: (408) 656-2473 blog: http://www.chovy.com __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html
