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Originally Posted by Linguist
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. |
you sound like a coder and seem to take it personal that people try to find better deals.
the difference is that I can only find so many local auto mechanics and the $75 an hour they charge for labor goes to the shop, they make a lot lot less than that.
Where as a programmer can be located in any part of the world. In places where the cost of living is very low therefore they can do the same job for 1/4 the price of someone in the US and live 10x better.
And also I've paid the $80 - $100 an hour for local based coders before just to have them never follow through. The best programmers I found were over seas where $20 an hour was equal to about $100 here and they did a great work and valued their job. It was a lot more then they could make in their area and they lived very well because of it.
I've personally never had good experiences with Indian programmers and can't stand the ones that nickle and dime you and ride the clock. No matter who you use you need to go through a lot of bad apples to find a good one.