Comments on: Adventures in Outsourcing: Rent-A-Coder vs. oDesk

By: walter

walter — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:53:00 +0000

I tried my freelancer career on many websites. Here are my ratings to the portals according to best at top:

oDesk.com
Elance.com
99Desk.com
Freelancer.com
scriptlance.com
Getacoder.com

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By: Meili

Meili — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:35:37 +0000

I am a freelance writer and obviously (for me) per project payment is much better than per hour because what people need is writing output, not hours worked.

I’m seriously confused as to why some people even ask for hourly rates when it comes to writing jobs.

By: James L.

James L. — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:57:26 +0000

I tried RAC and got into an arbitration. The coder promised a week of work to complete the project and after a month he finally admited that he did not have the skills to produce the work.
I still had to pay for what he had done so far, fair enough and surely, it’s not rent-a-coder entire fault, but it’s enough to keep me away from using RAC for ever. I am giving a shot at Odesk these days.

By: outsourcing providers Philippines

outsourcing providers Philippines — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:24:06 +0000

I think that Rent-a-Coder is the best option if you are only assigning a single big project, with no reassurance that the same employee/s will be hired if another project needs to be done. At least you are assured that you will get your project done in the time you need it ready, without suspicion that the person/people you hired is lollygagging while still getting paid.

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By: Website Design

Website Design — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:01:08 +0000

It all depends on the type of project. For peace of mind it’s good to know the fixed, final cost of some projects.

However if you have a bunch of smaller admin type jobs that are constantly changing then it would make more sense to use odesk and track by hour.

By: skillguru

skillguru — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:53:36 +0000

I have used odesk and it has worked for me. All my projects were fixed cost basis and I made sure there was no advance payment. This is very important when you outsource your work to developers.
Did not try rent a code though.

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