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Originally Posted by mmcfadden
Just can't seem to find anyone that comes through on a consistent basis. I would go to somebody here regarding NATS that knew smarty and all the ins and outs if that is what im looking for but its not.
I'm looking for a programmer reasonably priced that I can pay weekly till jobs are finished or I run out of ideas. Asked for one programmer to commit 12 hours per week and dude just flaked, couldn't believe offered part time salary for at least a month and couldn't even email me back and commit to something.
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The programmer is in a tough spot of juggling if he commits to only 12 hours a week.
He still needs to take on other jobs and sure enough the big job will come that
asked for a 40 hour a week commitment.
Does the programmer say "sorry Mr. full time dude, I'm already committed to part-time".
Nope.
The programmer will put your 12 hours on hold for the weekend or next week etc...
So what you can realistically expect is that a programmer will be committed to
doing your 12 hours before working on someone else's 12 hours because you are
a steady client.
I suggest forgetting about "hours" anyway and just offer $X per week to work
because I don't really charge by the hour; nobody would ever pay that amount.
Seriously! People say "I need this simple thing done". But the reality is that the
thing is not simple and takes way more time then anyone expected.
Example : "I need this simple javascript done".
The programmer whips it out in just 30 minutes but then spends two days trying to
make it cross-browser compatible. It worked in IE, now try firefox, opps didn't work,
fix for firefox, now re-test in IE and firefox, opps doesn't work in opera, fix for opera,
re-test firefox IE and opera, opps no longer works in IE...etc...etc...