Interesting Comments on the Seven Mistakes when Hiring a Programmer

Here is an interesting message I got from a freelance programmer in India. Seems my articles on the Seven Mistakes people make when hiring a programmer struck a chord with him.

Always interesting to hear the other side of the story...

I appreciate your article "7 mistakes series". I am a Freelancer and have faced all the problems you mentioned in the articles. There are a lot of people on the net who have a couple of dollars and an idea. Most of these buyers post the project on freelancers sites in an anticipation that the project will go perfectly and they will get the program of their dreams despite a very restricted budget.

When hiring from India, perhaps they think, India is a poor and crowded country so whatever amount they decide is the right budget for all the features they want.

The final result is bad remarks on programmer's skill while he did everything to satisfy his client given the restricted time and budget.

I feel very sorry about those Indian Freelancers who get trapped with buyers, who are good at describing a project's requirements in 3 lines on a freelancer's site and then turning it to 3 pages eventually.

Anyways, thats really a good effort from you. Keep writing.

Thanks,

Amit Deo Panwar


Sounds like a smart programmer to me...check out his site at the link above.

Here are the permanent links to the articles "Seven mistakes people make when hiring a programmer":

Mistake # 1 - Not Understanding The User's Needs

Mistake # 2 - Unreasonable Expectations

Mistake # 3 - Underestimating the Size of the Project

Mistake # 4 - No Shared Vision with the Developer

Mistake # 5 - Rushing Through the Planning Stages

Mistake # 6 - Letting the Programmer Manage the Project

Mistake # 7 - Not Testing Early, Often, or Correctly

Posted by Richard February 9, 2006 12:05 AM | Comments (1)

Comments

All these 7 were the perfectly identified. I must really appreciate your effort in identifying in them.

Well my comment at time point is that an offshore outsourcing company if it has all there they can't flourish in offshore outsourcing.

Usually companies are very smart in looking unto it and outsource accordingly. A typical example is Health Domino project that has been very closely evaluated before it was finalized with Benchmark Softec Limited, Offshore Outsourcing company.

Most people apply all the above 7 thinking before they oursource. Perhaps Offshore Outsourcing secret is purely based on all the 7 points.

Your effort is the ever made best effort on the Internet I have seen till now.

Thank you for the nice archive

Posted by: Poornendulal [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 15, 2006 11:38 AM

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