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Originally Posted by faraon
I've heard he's one of the best!
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It depends on the project.
However, they are very good for enterprise projects where you need detailed planning, communication, and someone who willingly will use project management software to keep things on task. They are affordable, and have a team of guys to be able to handle any challenge thrown at them.
Many programmers refuse to use project management software, some can't seem to keep different emails from getting all muddied together. You will send them different emails with different tasks or projects and they will respond in a single email to everything, and wonder why they keep losing track of shit forcing you to repeat yourself 20 times unnecessarily.
There are other programmers who just do not effectively manage their time efficiently. Keep in mind, THEY are giving you the timeline for when THEY believe they can complete the work. Yet still blow deadlines by a mile or simply vanish and you have to chase them down. All of which is frustrating or infuriating when you're trying to get stuff done.
That said, there are other programmers who are fairly priced and can turn around simple scripts in a few days. It's not going to always be coded the best, but you will have a working version one completed like a champ. These guys are also excellent to have when the script is something you need, but not mission critical.
There are some programmers who can write a script, but are TERRIBLE and providing the documentation to go with it. The manual on how to work through a script effectively so you do not need to keep asking them questions. That said, there are others who are very good at this like Mike and Vlad. Vlad actually provided walk through videos so that our worker bees could see what was involved in completing the tasks. However, this is more work so it's going to cost you more time and money.
But I digress...
I've worked with dozens of guys over some 16+ years now working online. Not all developers are good for all projects, so you have to match them up based on where there strengths are. These guys I mentioned I have used for different, multiple, projects over the years and I would recommend them.
