You'll be competing with people around the world.The odd thing is that, despite the sunny outlook, the article Dan wrote on this topic comes across as quite cautionary: ![]() It's roughly analogous to the No-Spec movement for designers. As professional programmers, I think we're all naturally inclined to see these sort of low-bid contract sites as cannibalizing and cheapening our craft. I'm surprised Dan opens with such a sunny outlook on these services, because I've heard almost universally negative things about them. I've actually used RentACoder once (as a buyer on a very small project) and was satisfied with the results - though I suspect I spent more time writing the spec and managing the programmers than I would if I had done the work myself. Over the past year or two I've kept an eye on the various online consulting sites - Elance,, RentACoder, oDesk. One of the entries asks a question I've often wondered myself: can you really rent a coder? Unfortunately, Dan only blogs rarely, so I was heartened to see a spate of recent blog updates from him. ![]() I've been a fan of Dan Appleman for about as long as I've been a professional programmer.
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