>It seems very plausible to me that the worker really was unable to feed his family after having his account terminated Why? Does ODesk have zero competition?

>It seems very plausible to me that the worker really was unable to feed his family after having his account terminated Why? Does ODesk have zero competition? He could switch over to one of them and probably already did. If it is somewhere like India then there is a thriving non virtual market for software developers. Why couldn't he get a job at one of the big body shops? It certainly isn't ODesk or the salt mines. If it really is ODesk or the salt mines, why take the risk?