Yeah, but Paul with oDesk, it's a 1099 situation :) So, depending on the consultant, could be more! On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Paul Mooring wrote: > Not to discourage you from trying to make this happen, but a bit of > perspective might help. Currently android/java developers are in great > demand, where I live the average salary is around $110,000/yr or roughly > $2100/week. Having done a bit of contract/outsourcing work myself, I can > tell you the experienced contractors/developers intended to lose as much as > a weeks time on any project just trying to understand what needs to happen > and working with the stake holders to make changes along the lines of "one > more simple thing". The take away is there's going to be a minimum > price/complexity to justify taking on a project for a skilled/competent > developer and if your app doesn't meet that benchmark you're going to have > hard time finding a U.S. based competent developer interested in it. > > This doesn't mean it's a bad idea or you shouldn't do it, just keep in > mind that while you may be really passionate about your idea to developers > it's one of many offers to work on a contract for an individual offering > below market rates. That's a great fit for contractors in India, students > or a dev trying to expand her skill set (web dev still learning mobile > apps, etc.) but not so appealing to established professionals. > > > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:04 AM, wrote: > >> Wanted: Android App Developer $??? Reward ... >> >> How can I find a skilled/competent/reasonably priced Android App >> Developer ... preferrably Arizona local or at least in the U.S.? >> >> I've tried elance.com and odesk.com and several similar sites, without >> success. Mostly get proposals from India and Pakistan, etc. >> >> I'm willing to pay up to $1,000 (perhaps more) to get the results we need >> for an app to read, scroll, flip pages, and search within a book. Should >> be relatively simple and straight-forward. Need to be able to add to the >> content and submit updates to the Google playstore myself. >> >> See my first-attempt (which does not yet work as well as we need it to) >> here: >> >> >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.CompareBibleVersionsPackage >> >> Please respond either here or off-line to joe(at)actionline.com >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Paul Mooring > Operations Engineer > Chef > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >