Also several things reek of having no experience. "One former employer of mine, who will remain nameless, would hire two freelancers for every job unbeknown to

Also several things reek of having no experience. "One former employer of mine, who will remain nameless, would hire two freelancers for every job unbeknown to one another. After a month, he kept the one whose work he liked and let the other one go. Some people have more money than sense." It makes good business sense to actually not let the other go. End result is that you have 2 independent implementations, and you chose the best one. Every time. You get consistent results, and have no problem with unpredictable delays. There is a slight overhead, but if quality can strongly impact your results, this method quickly pays for itself.