[consulting] A chuckle

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Jeff Greenberg <jeff at ayendesigns.com> wrote:

>  Received this request for a bid today. Still chuckling.
>
>
>  You have been invited by the employer to participate in a private
> auction. We would like to have an informational portal for all of the roles
> in our company. The site will be made with the Drupal CMS and therefore we
> require an EXPERT drupal developer.  Please don't bid if youre only
> building drupal websites as your hobby. You should be well familiar with
> content types and views, users integration in Drupal, advanced search and
> permission functions, multilingual sites (including rtl languages)...We can
> say that we are very strict with timelines and very clear with requirements
> so please give us the right estimation from the beginning...
>
> Max Bid:$300
>

This is funny and sad if it is in North America or Western Europe.

However, if this bid is in India or Eastern Europe, then who knows, maybe
$300 is fair, and oDesk will find them someone who can do it.
-- 
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
2bits.com, Inc.
http://2bits.com
Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. --   Leonardo da Vinci
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