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Help HN: Does anyone need a programmer for the next two days?
I am in a bit of a tricky financial situation, and urgently need $300 by the next two days; no one I know is able to help me with this so I am reaching out to HN.
In return I will do any sort of programming you require for the next 48 hours solid. I can do web development(Experience with Javascript[ Node Meteor] Python[Django], Php[My own frameworks, CakePHP, Codeignitor... etc]), Java, C#...
Normally I would not post something like this but I am desperate. If you would like to know more email is in profile.
- dkroy 13y agoI most likely would be willing to float you the money just email me, and we can talk.
- _1tch 13y agoThank you for the offer, but, where possible I would like to be able to work for it. But thank you very much though!!
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- aarondf 13y agoemailed
- swohns 13y agoI'd like to help a fellow hacker in need! We have a project that could use some django expertise. I'd love to see some of your work first though, mind sending it my way? My email is in my profile.
- seagreen 13y agoDo you mind if others contact you as well? I might be looking for Django work soon. Also, the "email" section of HN profiles is private, so if you want other people to see your email put it in the "about" section. EDIT: Soon as in "a couple weeks from now". Not trying to compete with the OP.
- sdoowpilihp 13y agoI can help out, and I do have a small (i.e. easily finished in a day) node.js project that I would love some help with. email me at the address in my profile if you haven't already found someone.
- halis 13y agoIf you go on elance.com I'm sure someone on there would be happy to pay you $300 for re-writing amazon.com's ecommerce platform or something equally insane.
- jawns 13y agoI notice your website has a projects page, but it's empty. Can you tell us about anything you've worked on in the past?
- _1tch 13y agoSorry I am in the process of creating the site. I'll stick to my web development history because that is probably the most appropriate. I started the web development world in PHP where I used frameworks such as cakePHP, wordpress, codeignitior from there I progressed into python, Java Applets. Recently I have been really interested in Meteor and other java script frameworks. By far Meteor is my favorite tool of the moment. In terms of what I have worked on: -Last year I was the lead developer on a web app that allowed users to create funeral programs and other memorial products. -I freelanced rewriting a music sharing/streaming service. -I have developed a multi-screen karaoke system for a London based Karaoke company. -I worked on a Medical system which allowed users to monitor their blood sugar level and receive alerts when it entered certain thresholds. ... and many more. Please email me if you want more information about any of them.
- salibhai 13y agoIf you don't get a response, there is always odesk, freelancer, guru, etc..
- cpach 13y agoI’m afraid I can’t help you out directly but I wish you best of luck!
- _1tch 13y agoThank you very much!
- jiggy2011 13y agoStop buying crack on credit.
- _1tch 13y agoSorry the temptation is too much.
- FaisalAbid 13y ago[name redacted], can you email me at [email redacted], I have a project I need help with. Thanks,
- etjossem 13y agoI like your style. Hope you find a good gig.
- _1tch 13y agoThank you very much!
- uptown 13y agoWhy do you need the money? Someone might be willing to float you if the reason/situation is valid.
- _1tch 13y agoI brought an item last month with a deferred 30 day payment, which I was going to cover when a client I was freelancing for paid me last week. However, they have disappeared off the face of the earth and it does not look like they will reappear soon.
- uptown 13y agoIs this you? [link redacted]
- e1ven 13y agoWhy does it matter? Trying to pull more information from people than they want to share is somewhat rude.
- uptown 13y agoBecause lending money is always about trust and managing risk. In the context of potentially offering to float cash to a stranger - and getting a vague response about the exact situation requiring urgent cash - I'd like to know whether the person is trustworthy. Finding a mug shot that potentially resembles the cartoon version of the person requesting the cash from their website ( [link redacted] ) I see no harm in asking whether the person in the mug shot with the same name and potentially similar physical attributes was the same person.
- larrys 13y agoI feel bad for you and actually considered simply advancing you $300. But then I saw this: "From start to finish [name redacted] wasted my time for nearly 6 months, teased me with a demo, then went AWOL, then came back from holiday without advising me and then still didn't provide any communication. I chased him for two months and been very patient but the lack of comms on his part was very frustrating. I would never deal with him again, as I cant trust his judgement and would not be confident for him to complete any work on time.” [link redacted] Noting that the other reviews by the same person don't fit that pattern: https://www.elance.com/e/public/Co5ig7n7zvxc7ns%257EoswA82UFXEMJtbUiZqb%257EGxOsvm8-/ https://www.elance.com/e/public/Co5ig7n7zvxc7ns%257EoswA82UF... Most of the other work for which you have positive reviews are for smaller dollar amounts. Reason for the negative feedback?
- _1tch 13y agoThat project was hell. It started as a simply Android and IOS apps. So I completed a version which outlined the basic idea that was agreed on along with an API that supported the apps. So once he was happy he paid the first milestone. Then I did go away on holiday for two weeks, I tried to send him an email but I saved it to my drafts by accident - my fault; and his right to be angry at that. We worked it out and agreed to continue. At this point I was waiting on him to provide the designs for the final part of the app. A week later still nothing, so we agreed to go on and have me just put a basic design to it, which I was unhappy about, as it was not what we agreed on, but I continued. Once I was done I went to run the app before sending it to him and it would not show any data... He had another freelancer working on the site who had completely over written my API. He had no backups. So to make up for my loss of communication before I agreed to redo it for free, a week after agreeing to redo he cancelled the job and left that... They are all small amounts other than the Karaoke Project, which went so well I have now been building new features for over a year on which is why it is still in continuation.
- etjossem 13y agoMight I suggest discussing version control with your clients in the future? "Collaboration" might be an over-charitable word for the relationship between you and the other freelancer, but even an agreement to commit in two branches to the same git repository (e.g. one hosted privately on https://github.com/ https://github.com/ or https://bitbucket.org/ https://bitbucket.org/) would have gone a long way towards preventing this outcome. In this case, git would have kept a permanent backup of every new feature/fix in your development process, as well as each of the other freelancer's changes. You'd have been able to merge the two at every milestone (or every day!) with minimal pain. If you're new to version control, GitHub has a nice git tutorial at http://try.github.io/ http://try.github.io/.
- _1tch 13y agoI just want to say a big thanks to everyone! I was completely taken a back by the reaction, and the fact this hit the front page astounded me - thank you! If I have not replied to you yet I will try to by the end of the night, I have been swamped. Thank you HN!