Using Elance Made Me Want to Learn How to Develop iOS Apps Myself

http://coveredincode.com/blog/using-elance-made-want-learn-develop-ios-apps/

by mikelem • 13 years ago

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rogermo• 13 years ago

This custom scrolling is killing me and breaking my main method of going 'back' (on trackpad).

isaacwaller• 13 years ago

Your custom scrolling breaks touch scrolling on IE11.

fleitz• 13 years ago

Yes, learning to code is so much easier than a couple awkward conversations. Even knowing how to code iOS apps, I'd rather pay other people to do it.

You can get all upset about the developers business accumen or you can be happy you got an app done in a week for $800.

Welcome to China, everything is negotiable.

nutjob123• 13 years ago

This sounds like an amazing experience. You paid $800 for an app which was done quickly and is in the app store. You changed the ui after development had begun and there was no extra charge. Holding the code hostage for the review was sketchy on the devs side but otherwise I don't understand how it could have gone better.

doublerebel• 13 years ago

It was sketchy, but let's look at it from the dev's side: The OP is doing this as a test project and for the dev this is his livelihood.

The dev needs his reputation to stay employed, whereas the OP could easily have taken the code and ran, and/or left a bad review. I have certainly had clients do such things -- the freelance ecosystem means nothing to them.

Developing for iOS is expensive, and even more so for a non-US dev. At this rate he has to work 2-4 weeks a year just to cover the overhead of Apple requirements. Even still his reputation is worth far more to him. Since he knows OP was unsatisfied during the project he has to make sure this is resolved before the project is closed. The language barrier definitely makes this interaction seem more vicious than it really is.

fjdghsd• 13 years ago

I'm not even going to bother reading this because of the weird scrolling you implemented.

memracom• 13 years ago

Typical...

This is why developers should NEVER work on fixed price contracts. The customer always wants changes. Any customer who says otherwise is lying or just plain naive. Always start a project by negotiating a time-based fee for changing things. Ideally do the whole job for time-based charges.

You will have a lot more happy customers and you can identify the bad ones much sooner because they complain about costs.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS STANDARD CHANGES! There is no such thing as standard work for free. Or in the words of a great philosopher, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch ... TANSTAAFL.

Using Elance Made Me Want to Learn How to Develop iOS Apps Myself

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