[michaelkoz]

I own a company and have been using ODESK for the last six years. I have spent nearly 35,000 on above average programmers, their normal rate of pay is anywhere between 15 and 65.00 an hour. At first, i selected this site because it was a good source of low paid talent, but then I realized there were some really solid developers/programmers using the service.

I only really had problem with 2-3 guys who said they were good, but you know during the job they were Googling answers to the problems I had and had no real experience, but for the most part, some great programmers there.

I recommend ODESK, as a buyer, I am super protected from people not following through, so i have some confidence, aside from hiring locally for temp/programming work, I always use Odesk.

[issaria]

"but you know during the job they were Googling answers to the problems"

LOL, what an asshole.

[jackgolding]

I had to laugh too

[codenut]

sarcasm?

[yen223]

$35,000 over six years.

This is why if you're a programmer of any substance, you should avoid oDesk.

[mk3]

Actually any type of freelancers should avoid if possible. Though if you need to accumulate portfolio and get paid even a little bit it's worth a try. Also I saw some burnt clients only look for local devs for higher rate which is still miserable compared to the price you would pay on the ground.

[tomjen3]

You are assuming he hired programmers full time. Where did he state that?