[iogames]

Originally Posted by Ted S

The best way to insure things work out is to fully outline needs. In a smaller project (under a few thousand) this generally means mocking up the changes, defining any functionality not showable in mockups and writing down expectations to be reviewed. For anything mid or large sized, a more formal design process can be applied but in either case, requirements are the key to success. If they're not there, they can't be met and if they are there, they must be met. Anything else and one side has failed to do its job.

Originally Posted by Dean C

End of the day you get what you pay for. I'd choose someone who's been working with vB for years and charges $50/hr than someone who's only been doing it a year and charges $15. Hell I wouldn't even get out of bed for $15 an hour

I will gladly pay those 'few thousands' to someone to code me a Photoshop, a Windows Vista, or a Norton Suite, but I'm realistic a group of 5 or 20 can't do so, thus I will keep going to the store to buy those solutions for just hundreds and I will keep recommending to my clients & friends to chose same method. [don't tell me MySpace have quality, and still they have millions]

But returning to reality, we humans live generally in a tight budget and we business men need to learn how to do much from a little, and I don't recommend to any startup to invest a few thousands