Difficulties hiring a vb coder...

[crkgb]

This is a General vBulletin Discussions forum, so I think it is the most suitable place for this topic.

Is it only me, or someone else experienced/experiences difficulties hiring a vb coder?

Multiple times tried to post various mod requests in the "Paid Services" area. And to no success.

I would greatly appreciate if experienced people point me in the right direction.

Thank you.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Moved to Site Feedback as this is more a vB.org topic, then a general vBulletin topic.

... i require minimum 50$/h of charges... are you able to handle this on a job that can take 10 to 50 hours of work ?!... this is the reason why all the excellent coders are not available... "good money" or "cheap budgets" are avoided...

[G0F0RBR0KE]

He's right about that. On top of that, some of you guys don't provide contact method.
If you guys are hiring, it's best to be alert on your PM box and update the thread if you already begin.

I hate PM'ing and all of a sudden I get a Pm saying the job has been taken care.

[parash]

Originally Posted by EvilAkuma

He's right about that. On top of that, some of you guys don't provide contact method.
If you guys are hiring, it's best to be alert on your PM box and update the thread if you already begin.

I hate PM'ing and all of a sudden I get a Pm saying the job has been taken care.

Thats what happens Most They Should reply back Atleast for Pm's like i send around 20 pms and get back one And they dont even update thread if its already completed.

[G0F0RBR0KE]

^Indeed.

Maybe the 'Request Paid' should have an option for the author to check mark stating that the request is in progress. Once it's completed, they edit the thread saying it's completed.

I IMO.

[iogames]

Originally Posted by nexialys

... i require minimum 50$/h of charges... are you able to handle this on a job that can take 10 to 50 hours of work ?!... this is the reason why all the excellent coders are not available... "good money" or "cheap budgets" are avoided...

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

[Farcaster]

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

$15? Well, you get what you pay for. You may have had good luck so far with your transactions, but I think that is probably a train-wreck waiting to happen. If you want quality work, quality communication and some likelihood of getting support on code in the future, I don't see how you can get that at bottom of the barrel prices.

$50/hour for contract labor is actually quite reasonable. I'm sure there are some full time dedicated freelancers here, but personally, I do extra fleelance in my off time. My 9-5 is a professional database development position at a major telecommunications company. I can tell you that my comparable per-hour salary is significantly higher than $15/hour. There would be no incentive for me to do freelance at such a paltry rate, and I suspect many other of the professional coders here would be in the same lot with me.

Professional contract development can actually run well into the $125/hour or more range. Easy.

[Shelley_c]

Not all people (whether they are coders/designers) will take on a job if they're already working for other clients (which 10/10) will be the case. The last thing you want is somebody that has tons of work piled up and accepts your job offer and only to find that he/she didn't have the time to fulfill your request leading to you (generalizing when I say you) a few weeks later posting in the community area raving about the half assed job you received.

Just something to think about when you don't receive the response you were looking for. :up:

[Jase2]

Put it this way, a good coder will always think about the current client. A bad one will take multiple jobs to make more money.

Hourly jobs are only good for certain things. Afterall, you're not going want to pay hourly for something that will take weeks, even months to complete. Customers go with the cheapest, that's where they slip up - while there are coders who have a cheap hourly rate, most are just money grabbing ******!