Almost ready to launch
Well it has been about 5 months since I got a dedicated team paid hourly from India, and we're almost ready to go. Fixed price contract development just doesn't work for anything beyond the simplest applications. This is something I should have realized as a former programmer, but I guess fear of an unknown cost got in the way of my better judgment. But in any case this team has worked out well. I am very happy with my decision to with PHP, great performance, plus a huge pool of programmers are available to me. Had I gone with Ruby on Rails my programmers may have been more productive, but finding developers is difficult, and performance is an unknown. So now I get to worry about the important part, will anyone want to pay to use my site? And how to market, provide support, etc. Fun...
posted by deepsta at 1:18 PM
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Hi there, I just wanted to ask you..why do you say a lump sum amount was a nightmare? I am trying to get a project done and going with lumpsum because i had previous problems with hourly rates...your take?
Hi abdulla it is a nightmare because if the project takes even slightly longer than they have budgeted they will view it as a money losing proposition and stop working on it. Also they will be resistant to even very minor changes that will come up. Getting bugs fixed can also be a problem, as this is extra time that they have to pay for.
Hi, this is Shiva. I'm student of University of Nebraska working as intern with one of leading software corps for summer.
I was trying to do some research on re-writing web filtering application. Will Ruby re right choise for writng robust and scalable application.
Do mail your opinion to shiva.kurapati@gmail.coom
Thanks.
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Hey there, what is your website about what is the url?
Hi Deepak,
We are a a team of Award-winning students from India. We have started our Own Company XoftOasis.
I'd like to tell you the reason for all the wait and anguish you have had to go through, which happens to be a fact of our lives: Clients pay in dollars developers get in Ruppees. Rest of 90% is devoured by the middlemen.
I would like to know what site you want to get developed. And I can assure you we can do the work in 1200$ for whole site, with fixed dead lines for various milestones...
If you are interested then contact us.
Sandeep
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This is roy from mumbai - India. I am working as a freelancer in LAMP technology. You can visit my blog to view my complete portfolio.
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