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Originally Posted by CodeR70
Hi guys,
I'm trying to get some projects to work on as a freelancer and I'm looking into the whole freelancer.com, odesk.com and guru.com sites. I'm currently working on oDesk to get my profile up to date. I'm from the Netherlands/Europe (so not from a <$1 country, if you know what I mean).
I was wondering before going this road, if you as website/network owner looking for a web developer (or any other contractors), would you consider hire somebody via oDesk or any of the similar sites? What are your experience thus far with the outsourcing sites? Do you look specific for the cheapest (few dollars per hour) or are you willing to pay a bit more for serious contractors via such sites? Or do you rather approach contractors directly?
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I've hired people on oDesk many times. I find that most of the coders fail to do good regression testing. I usually end up doing that myself before paying them.
My hiring decision is based on; 1) fluency in English, 2) skill as a programmer and 3) cost. I always pay based on project versus hourly.