Agree! the HN hiring thread or the contractor spreadsheet might have helped too (but I doubt the "reasonable price" part :)
I definitely did not feel good after reading the post. (Most of) these guys on the freelance sites seem to be undoing the good work by others from the same geographic region by providing such poor service and thereby allowing others to define the stereotypical "Indian developer" by the poor quality of services offered. I personally know fellow good programmers who would be offended by kind of service offered by these people.
IMO, the author of the blog post should have taken help from a technical friend to choose the contractor(s).
In the couple of interviews I've gone thru (and even while making friends), the opensource code I've written and the a reference at the startup I did my internship at, has come to influence the other party's decisions and outlook towards me.
I sincerely hope, that the author has his project completed at the earliest.
I definitely did not feel good after reading the post. (Most of) these guys on the freelance sites seem to be undoing the good work by others from the same geographic region by providing such poor service and thereby allowing others to define the stereotypical "Indian developer" by the poor quality of services offered. I personally know fellow good programmers who would be offended by kind of service offered by these people.
IMO, the author of the blog post should have taken help from a technical friend to choose the contractor(s).
In the couple of interviews I've gone thru (and even while making friends), the opensource code I've written and the a reference at the startup I did my internship at, has come to influence the other party's decisions and outlook towards me.
I sincerely hope, that the author has his project completed at the earliest.