<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jakob Persson</b> <<a href="mailto:jakob@jakob-persson.com">jakob@jakob-persson.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<small><big>I advise against using sites like <a href="http://elance.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">elance.com</a>, there are
very few professionals on those sites and the fees elance charges for
people to bid on projects is outrageous and deters many people who
possess expert skills. Sites like it and <a href="http://getafreelancer.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">getafreelancer.com</a> and
<a href="http://rentacoder.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rentacoder.com</a> have become marketplaces for average designers living in
countries of the world where living costs are low, which is why the
prices are what they are. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on
how you see it) the quality is on level with the prices, so don't
expect to find any experts or reliable people here. They may be suiable
for small isolated tasks but people on these sites seldom possess the
skills to pull something major through.</big></small></div></blockquote><div><br>When CivicSpace was building the start of the Drupal 5 installer we came across a several folks who had funded installers for Drupal. In one case someone had paid a freelance service to copy the installer from the CivicSpace distribution of
4.6 to work with 4.7. They even included the same CSS file. It was of course not core worthy.<br><br>Something to keep in mind when dealing with folks with no independent reputations.<br><br>Kieran<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">Rob Barreca wrote:
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<pre>These are your best bets:<br><a href="http://drupal.org/drupal-services" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://drupal.org/drupal-services</a>
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The issue with this list is that you have to have contributed in order
to be listed. There are many professionals who do great work but
haven't committed code to Drupal. While I agree with the rule for
listing, just be aware that this list is not exhaustive and may not
necessarily include the best out there.<br>
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<pre><a href="http://drupal.org/forum/51" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://drupal.org/forum/51</a>
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The forum is a pretty good place to reach developers and designers.
There's also <a href="http://www.drupalyellowpages.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.drupalyellowpages.com/</a> that list people by
country.<br>
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Your best chance of finding a pro is to request a proper brief and then
use your gut feeling to sort out the bad apples. The prices you get are
seldom the final price, the lowest quote may likely be the most
expensive, so it's a matter of weighing professionalism versus track
record and price.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Jakob<br>
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Drupal Designer and Developer<br>
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<pre>Mehboob Alam wrote:<br> </pre>
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<pre>Is there one? I'd like to find something like eLance, but that may be<br>asking too much. I'm interesting in outsourcing certain aspects of a<br>project like maintenance, module development, theme development etc.
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