I needed a small application to be built. I put up a description in Odesk and priced it modestly.
While I specified that the developer had to be experienced, I received a bid from a gentleman in Pakistan asking me all sorts of detailed questions about the functionality. I answered his questions and then him a single question: What is your background in building applications such as this?
He answered that he is a beginning developer and hadn’t built anything before! He said that if what he delivered didn’t work, then not to pay him!
I replied that I admired his guts and would give him two weeks to show me something - but I would keep the job open for someone who had experience.
He accepted. Now? I can’t wait until I see what he’s building. I’m hoping that he’ll leverage his network of friends and get the application built. Who knows, it might get him started on a great new career!
