Well, sorry to ruin your TGIF old chum, but the subject (and the original ad sparking it) isn't funny at all for tens of thousands of professionals all over the world.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Kevin Reynen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kreynen@gmail.com">kreynen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">@Victor Kane Up until that comment, I was enjoying my Friday. Are you<br>
this much fun at parties too?<br>
<br>
I think what everyone was enjoying was the fact that in the US unless<br>
someone could complete the project in an hour or 2, only someone who<br>
developed Drupal sites as a hobby would bid on a $300 project. I have<br>
seen a number of job postings like this. They might as well have<br>
read...<br>
<br>
Looking for Drupal developer with mental condition. You must be smart<br>
enough to do X, Y, and Z, but too stupid to know the market rate for<br>
that type of work.<br>
<br>
When I see companies post those on Craig's List, I'm tempted to pay<br>
the $25 to repost an updated ad for them.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
- Kevin Reynen<br>
</font><div class="im"><br>
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Victor Kane <<a href="mailto:victorkane@gmail.com">victorkane@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> We can all laugh our heads off, but the law of falling rate of return (Marx)<br>
> and the huge efforts being made (even in the Drupal community via the<br>
> sanctification of oDesk) to commoditize Drupal consulting work will make us<br>
> consultants laugh on the other side of our faces.<br>
> Only an international union (which we should have done at the cusp of the<br>
> curve, not now that it is dropping) can defend our rights as working people.<br>
> Victor Kane<br>
> <a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar" target="_blank">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br>
> "Let's make the capitalist corporations pay for the crisis, not working<br>
> people"<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Riche Zamor Jr <<a href="mailto:rczamor@gmail.com">rczamor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> What country is the bid from? It doesn't read as though English is the<br>
>> writer's first language...<br>
>><br>
>> On Aug 6, 2010 4:32 PM, "Andrew R. Kelly" <<a href="mailto:arkelly@cognisync.com">arkelly@cognisync.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > That HAS to be a typo, nobody's that clueless.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > From: <a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a><br>
>> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org">consulting-bounces@drupal.org</a>]<br>
>> > On Behalf Of Jeff Greenberg<br>
>> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:58 PM<br>
>> > To: <a href="mailto:consulting@drupal.org">consulting@drupal.org</a><br>
>> > Subject: [consulting] A chuckle<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Received this request for a bid today. Still chuckling.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > You have been invited by the employer to participate in a private<br>
>> > auction.<br>
>> > We would like to have an informational portal for all of the roles in<br>
>> > our<br>
>> > company. The site will be made with the Drupal CMS and therefore we<br>
>> > require<br>
>> > an EXPERT drupal developer. Please don't bid if youre only building<br>
>> > drupal<br>
>> > websites as your hobby. You should be well familiar with content types<br>
>> > and<br>
>> > views, users integration in Drupal, advanced search and permission<br>
>> > functions, multilingual sites (including rtl languages)...We can say<br>
>> > that we<br>
>> > are very strict with timelines and very clear with requirements so<br>
>> > please<br>
>> > give us the right estimation from the beginning...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Max Bid:$300<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
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