RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
I'm assisting with an Actionscript outsourcing project right now with some Flash game coders in Mumbai, so far so good, though they are a little behind in skills - but would be interested to learn any cultural things people have experienced with Flash developers in India. Jason Merrill Bank of

Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-28 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
i worked at The Online Studio where a lot of their actionscript gets outsourced to india and like you said, it's a little bit behind but overall very good AS2 code On 28 Mar 2008, at 15:03, Merrill, Jason wrote: I'm assisting with an Actionscript outsourcing project right now with some

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-28 Thread Kerry Thompson
Jason Merrill wrote: I'm assisting with an Actionscript outsourcing project right now with some Flash game coders in Mumbai, so far so good, though they are a little behind in skills - but would be interested to learn any cultural things people have experienced with Flash developers in India.

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-28 Thread Merrill, Jason
To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3) Jason Merrill wrote: I'm assisting with an Actionscript outsourcing project right now with some Flash game coders in Mumbai, so far so good, though they are a little behind in skills - but would

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Kerry Thompson
Laurent wrote: sick. If you want to know for how little money projects are proposed and how fast programmer people on earth can work for go there: http://www.getacoder.com I found the same thing when I registered with guru.com. There are hundreds of jobs with a budget of $500 or less, and

Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Bob Wohl
And that's why I took a steady. I contracted for about 6 years. Got a bit burnt out on people wanting something for nothing. Oh, and the we'll give you a project and see how well you do. Then we'll discus payment'... look at my @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ portfolio you piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Dwayne Neckles
My sentiments exactly.. it's frustrating...thats why I became full time in NY. Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:05:38 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3) And that's why I took a steady. I

Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle)
it's bad enough to try to understand someone elses code when you speak the same language - it must be damn near impossible if everything's in chinese On 27 Mar 2008, at 16:45, Kerry Thompson wrote: Laurent wrote: sick. If you want to know for how little money projects are proposed and

Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Matt S.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Allandt Bik-Elliott (Receptacle) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's bad enough to try to understand someone elses code when you speak the same language - it must be damn near impossible if everything's in chinese I've had to deal with that when working with an

Re: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Elia Morling
Yes, there are caveats with outsourcing, but the problems are often on the buyer end. If you learn how to specifiy and run your outsourcing projects you can do it successfuly. Don't hire someone that doesn't speak english or has any experience with projects abroad. I am running multiple indie

RE: [Flashcoders] Outsourcing (was: Tweening Engines for AS3)

2008-03-27 Thread Kerry Thompson
Allandt Bik-Elliott wrote: it's bad enough to try to understand someone elses code when you speak the same language - it must be damn near impossible if everything's in Chinese Well, as it happens, I speak Chinese--I used to live in Beijing. But communication isn't the issue. It's time zones,