Hi, what would be the best way to hire an Indian it programmer with
good English speking skills?

I am also considering using a company for the outsourcing, but since
our it-needs now are limited, I suspect that any business deal would
be to little to reep any economic profitt.

If you can find Indian firms that do smaller outsourcing jobs this is
also of interest, but my main goal is to be able to hire someone
working as a consultant from home.

Best

Brede Ohnstad
Norway

Hello Eplacebo-ga,

Below there's a list of websites where you can make contact with
independent Indian programmers or small providers. Some of them offer
a particular programming specialization, and others a wide variety:

Indian Web Developers
http://www.indiawebdevelopers.com/

4to40.com
http://www.4to40.com/contents.htm

Access Technology India
http://www.accesstechnologyindia.com/

Fusion Informatics Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.fusioninformatics.com/

Agriya Infoway
http://www.agriya.com/

IndiaNic
http://indianic.com/

Techno Heitz
http://www.technoheitz.com/

FreelanceINDIA.COM
http://www.freelanceindia.com/

I hope this information meets your needs. In case you need
clarification, please let me know.

Regards,

Guillermo

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Clarification of Answer by guillermo-ga on 08 Aug 2006 13:29 PDT

Search strategy: "programmers from india"

Steve Martin would perhaps offer the most practical advice on how to
hire an Indian IT programmer:

"First- GO to India. Second- HIRE an IT programmer."

You could go to guru.com. You post what you want done and you'll have
not just Indians but Romanians, Estonians and pretty much any type of
programmer you'd like post bids.

I've done this before with some success.

I have also had some success with http://www.rentacoder.com/ too.

--Keystroke-ga

Go to eLance.com where you can post your project description and get
back project bids.  Not all will be from India, but since I assume
you're actually worried about cost and not geography, it should meet
your goals.

I've posted a couple of projects up there and as long as you pick
service providers with good references (as opposed to the lowest
price), I imagine you'll have good luck as I did!