I've never used elance as a freelancer and I have no idea of the dynamics involved trying to find clients - though I'd imagine it's brutal. My advice was geared

I've never used elance as a freelancer and I have no idea of the dynamics involved trying to find clients - though I'd imagine it's brutal. My advice was geared completely toward finding the best developers and not vice versa. Indeed, game theory dictates that if everybody did what I suggested the bad devs would eventually figure it out and it would no longer work.