Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine

Re:Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine by Estragon on Monday January 04, 2010 @02:02PM (#1030936)

  Every worker on WageMachine is highly talented, industrious, college educated, 
  English speaking, and lives in the United States.
  http://wagemachine.com/blog/learn_more_about_wagemachine

Then why the hell are they working for minimum wage at a deadend job on your site?

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Re:Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine by wizard_2 on Monday January 04, 2010 @02:18PM (#1030968)

Some people don't want more then they need. If Minimum wage is supposed to be all you need to live off of, then you'll find people who like helping others working for about that. I've known teachers who's summer or side jobs made them more money their their primary jobs, yet they still teach.

This site isn't supposed to be a full time job, it's supposed to be a low barrier way to pick up a few bucks for the ride home. While programming might not be the best area for this (not sure about the market of tutors) I love the concept.

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Re:Hire Programming Tutors now on WageMachine by dbz on Monday January 04, 2010 @07:40PM (#1031551)

Meh. I do tons of free coding for people, and I would do this as well. It's like free coding, but I get paid and get to train my patience! =]

More importantly. How are the workers guaranteed to be highly talented? I'm under the impression that all the workers are added by invite; however, what are the real tests of ability? I'd be curious to know.

[EDIT:] I love the idea! (My only skepticism/criticism/dislike is that I can't find the hiring process online and therefore can't approve of it.)

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