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Originally Posted by iogames

$50?!?!
I know excellent coders that have worked for me at $15/h...
I go to Guru.com and many have talent

I agree, except on the hourly rate. I won't work with someone hourly. If you cannot estimate the project properly that states you most likely don't know how to do what needs to be done and need to charge an hourly rate because the coder is unsure of how long something will take. It can greatly be taken out of hand to, if the coder really doesn't know and could end up costing you way more than you bargained for.

I've used Guru, had a great experience, DID NOT take the lowest bid, didn't take the highest. Took the one in the middle, not only because of mid price but because of referrals. The top price had like 4 referrals, while the mid price guy had hundreds. So it was a no brainer we felt.

Even designers typically make $25/hour in companies, so I find it hard to imagine 50/hour. What makes you worth that much would be my question. What have you done that justifies the high cost. Not only that but do you know ALL types of coding, like Flash Actionscript 3, Java, HTML, PHP, etc. Because if you only know one or two types and not some of the harder code systems, you're not worth $50/hour. Unless of course you work really fast. lol