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Old 12-31-2010, 01:45 AM  
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Originally Posted by Kiopa_Matt View Post
India is a big country, so I'm sure there's a few good programmers in there, but from my experience, 98% of them do suck. No creativity, no innovation, they don't provide suggestions leaving the client (generally with little technical expertise) responsible of making all technical decisions, their code is a sloppy mess, there's no comments or indentation, file structure is almost always horrific, etc.

Nowadays, I just simply refuse any projects that previously had Indians involved. It's simply not worth the hassle.
Yep. Truth. The adult industry is also notorious for weekend/part-time warriors who heard that their buddy got something made for $100 when it should've cost $2000. It happens but like already mentioned, you gotta weed through 30 Indians to find that good one who doesn't know what he's worth.

Bottom line: if you penny pinch on code, be prepared to go through coders. Otherwise, pay the industry standard rate ($80-$150/h) to get shit done.

Considering that auto-mechanics charge $75/h+ it surprises me that people try to find a "good deal" on programmers.. which is as much if not more skilled profession than an auto-mechanic.
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