Outsourcing

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Sidewindr

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I want to know your experience with outsourcing work for coding and other design and development related functions of a project? Just curious as to how efficient or inefficient it has been and what methods/services have worked the best for you all.

Oh and what country other than the United States has the best coders for the kind of shit covered on this forum in your opinion?:usa:
 


I just noticed another thread on the same topic on the affiliate marketing side so I don't expect a great response on this thread, but please feel inclined still. I won't hate you.

Sometimes too much information can get you going in circles on these forums. I guess it's a good thing though, keeps you on your toes.
 
I outsource all of my coding work to myself....Im my own little Indian...

I do freelance programming if your looking to get some shit done... Your welcome to PM me...

I do HTML,CSS, PHP & MySQL
 
Outsourcing can get annoying - but I have to as I don't code and can't afford to hire in house programmers yet. however, dealing with people who can't speak english that well, and timeframes extending much further than I wanted (god am i annoyed at one project right now - it was supposed to be out 2 months ago...) are the only major problems I've gone through. no theft or anything like that so far, so things are alright overall...
 
The trick to outsourcing is to really have a good understanding of what you need from the start. Then you can source specific components to other developers - or the whole thing. In most instances it works best if you are or have someone stateside that knows what the final result should be so you or him or her can actually combine everything in the final working product.

Unlike working with in house developers, sourcing leaves almost zero room for interpretation or assumptions. If you don't spell out every damned facet of something, it will not be what you had hoped for. I'm talking about the nitty gritty stuff too - things like font sizes, table dimensions, coding parameters, use of database calls or stored procedures. Everything needs to be spec'd out right from the start to get the end result you're looking for.

I've done some data sourcing, and that's pretty damned straightforward. Code sourcing requires a lot of handholding though. Work with a company with US offices so you at least have a point person you can rely on.
 
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