Hello, vicsing:
I know about a website that meet all your criteria, let me explain
how it works and how you can get your work done. The site you need
it's called Rent a Coder and you can find it here:
Rent a Coder
http://www.rentacoder.com/
Then you need to subscribe yourself as a buyer, that is, someone who
needs some software development, check out this page to know what
exactly a buyer is:
How Does it Work for Buyers?
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/SoftwareBuyers/Help.asp?txtTitle=How+Does+it+Work+for+Buyers%3F
Basically, this is the process you must follow to get your software
done:
1) Post your bid request
2) Receive bids from coders
3) Accept a bid and put payment in escrow
4) Work is done by coder
5) Receive and approve work
6) Rate coder
And this is how this site meets all your requeriments:
"1.) I am looking for sources/websites that list freelance Lotus Notes
developers (with information on their costs (i.e., daily or hourly $
rate or whether they bid for the entire project)"
Right now there isn't an specific category for Lotus Notes, but this
is not a problem, you can mark your work request as Database or Misc
and put Lotus Notes on the work subject, don't worry about that, there
is a lot of developers that know about Lotus Notes. Regarding rates,
you set the minimum and maximum allowed price and you receive bids
from coders, then you can choose the one you think it's the best.
"2.) Would like to see if I can get some sort of a "rating" on the
indvidual developers (somthing like the Ebay rating system) so that I
be a litte confident before working with someone I have never met
before."
You not only get a rating of coders based on previous works, but you
get a complete resume and a complete work history to get confident
with that person. For example, check out this top coder:
About Anuj Gakhar
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/SoftwareCoders/showBioInfo.asp?lngAuthorId=125783
"3.) Also would like some general tips and guidance with working with
freelance/moonlighting developers (e.g., confidentiality,
accountability etc)"
Regarding confidentiality, you can post your own NDA (non-disclosure
agreement) the coders must return scanned and signed if they want to
know about your project, also you can request they post some feedback
each week about the project progress. Regarding accountability, the
website (RentaCoder.com) manages all the finances through the Safe
Project Escrow system, acting as an escrow agent between you and the
developer and protecting you from get *cheated* and assuring that you
receive the work you have paid for, check out the following link for
more information:
Safe Project Escrow
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/SoftwareBuyers/FAQ.asp#SafeProjectEscrow
Right now there is a pool of 50,145 registered coders and most
projects gets more than 50 bids each, I think it's a great platform,
both for developers and buyers. Please, let me know if you have any
other question and don't hesitate to request for any clarification.
Regards. |
Clarification of Answer by
joseleon-ga
on
18 Aug 2003 23:54 PDT
Hello:
I subscribed to emoonlighter as developer and I found I need to pay
a monthly fee to access most of the projects. I cannot find a way to
know how many subscribed developers are not basic ones, that is, have
paid to bid for interesting projects, so the 335000 figure could be a
lot less because there are just 114000 IT developers. In any case,
with emoonlighter, in most cases you setup an hourly rate (you can
also setup a total value) and in Rentacoder you setup always a total
value. My advice is that you give Rentacoder a try, you don't loose
anything.
Regards.
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