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LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:13 am
by VladSun
http://www.getacoder.com/projects/bug_finder_92913.html
What the power of money can do for the mankind !!!
EDIT: Blah, there are no bids displayed anymore ...
There were bids promising they would do it in a few days for a few hundreds of $

Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:14 am
by alex.barylski
Personally I am more likely to write code for hobby and self interest than anything else. Unfortunately to keep my hobby going I am forced into writing code for someone else, usually working on some bloated framework, POS software program, etc.

Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:33 am
by VladSun
It's funny beacuse the problem is proved to be unsolvable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem
Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:39 am
by alex.barylski
I'm familiar turing but have never heard of the halting problem...
So the humor is found in the fact that people advertised they could solve a problem which in theoretically impossible?
Thats sad...it's like the counter offers you see on places like Guru, etc...people so desperate they'll work for peanuts.
Perhaps even more sad, is the fact I am considering outsourcing my work to people willing to work for peanuts...more money + less work = happy PCSpectra
Cheers,
Alex
Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:02 pm
by VladSun
PCSpectra wrote:Perhaps even more sad, is the fact I am considering outsourcing my work to people willing to work for peanuts...more money + less work = happy PCSpectra

Peanuts for you, but gold for people in other countries

My usual charge is from 25 to 40 dollars per hour - I'm not sure how do you consider this (e.g. peanuts)

Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:18 pm
by alex.barylski
My usual charge is from 25 to 40 dollars per hour - I'm not sure how do you consider this
My hourly rate is $25 USD/hour as well...which I do not consider peanuts...obviously...but hourly rate is nothing really...it's what you NET at the end of a project that matters. Over estimate and get away with it and your laughing, under estimate and your kicking the whole way.
I could say I charge $500/hour but if I quote a project takes 40 hours and I work 160 then I make 25% of that 25/hour.
Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:59 pm
by VladSun
I'm almost precise at calculating project hours. A 10 to 20% over estimate is a must because you should cover unpredictable, but minor, user requirements, not covered in the initial ones.
But in this particular case - the halting problem... I don't think I'll be so precise

Re: LOL, more volunteers here?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:03 am
by papa
It's actually a very good project idea. Gives you work for life.
