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Rather then walking away I would suggest telling the person they can try but it is unlikely because the cost of an actual good overseas programmer is comperable
by gscott 13y ago
Rather then walking away I would suggest telling the person they can try but it is unlikely because the cost of an actual good overseas programmer is comperable to here if you factor in the miscommunication, time difference, and the cost of the time to communicate exactly what is needed.
You might want to go back to the person, ask if they have had it built yet, and ask if they want to get started now but don't let this person take advantage of your passion.
- spitfire 13y agoIf they've already tried the "I can hire an Indian." line, then they've already ended the relationship. If you want to be cruel, you can point them to places like elance or rentacoder.
- gscott 13y agoI was thinking it sounded more like a negotiating tactic to wrangle something more out of the relationship from someone who was emotionally involved wanting to move forward. This happened to me, I couldn't do the project and didn't even start because the person wanted it done in 3 months. He went ahead and hired a firm in India. It took him 2 years and he didn't even start from scratch he bought a pre-built product to start from to save time. So I am very skeptical of when people say they are going to outsource something.