I would be very surprised if a legitimate, possible, request with sufficient detail was given in the paid requests forum that it would be hard to get a good coder... When I made my request a few months ago I was very specific with what I wanted and exactly what I wanted it to do with an MS Paint sketch up of what it should basically look like. Within 2 days I had 4 offers randing from affordable to several hundred dollars, all with past happy clients willing to recommend them.
For most coders this isn't going to make them "rich"- the money is OK but it's rarely worth putting up with a client who doesn't know what they want, have no clue the work involved in making something, or otherwise is so out of touch with coding reality it hurts. You don't want to disappoint someone, but if after 90% of the work is done they come along and want to make what they think is a minor change it becomes a very touchy situation... Even when helping people for free I look out for people who I think can't appreciate the work going into something... They are more of a pain to work with then it's worth and sadly they probably don't even know it.
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