[Mankhool]

In my experience using sites like oDesk was too detached from any community I consider myself a part of. Speaking only about my first (and only) app development, I found my dev here. And when he had to move on I toyed with Reddit, but in the end came back here for FsF and found another exceptional person very quickly. Both of my hires were remote, but because they were part of HN that gave them credibility - because they are interested in "this thing that we do" and don't want the distraction of social or loss of time being on, FB for example, or being buried in the bureaucracy of something like oDesk. Just my 2 dirhams.