Ask HN: Any tips for hiring a freelance programmer?

5 points by ncarlson 16y ago ↗ HN

Hey guys,

Traditionally I've done all of the programming on my personal business projects. However, I'm getting to the point where I'd like to start out-sourcing some of the work to freelance programmers.

How do you guys go about finding programmers? My project and budget aren't large enough to warrant the hiring of a software development shop. I'm really just looking for one or two developers to put do 50 to 100 hours of work.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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gw666 16y ago ↗

I had an excellent experience with rentacoder.com. The best part is that the website holds your money in escrow and builds up to the programmer as she meets milestones. The website also arbitrates when there is a dispute.

[dead] RACNicole 16y ago ↗

Hi, this is Nicole from Rent a Coder.

I'm glad to hear that Rentacoder helped you get your wordpress website functioning. We like to hear success stories like yours, so thank you for spreading the good word.

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us (see http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/Feedback.asp).

Nicole www.rentacoder.com

sidmitra 16y ago ↗

I think there are more freelancers on rentacoder, which is just my guess based on the average number of bids on projects. But you might have better luck on Elance in terms of quality. There is also ODesk.