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Re:Why you should never use Upwork by delegate on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:56PM (#12774570)
I once interviewed for Upwork pro. They sent me an Xcode project and I had to make some changes to it.

However, the required changes referenced features and files which weren't in the project and made absolutely no sense.

Even worse, the project they sent me was the "Photomania" project from Stanford's CS193p class: http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/node/289

But the copyright information (Copyright by Stanford University) has been ripped off from all the files and replaced with "Copyright (c) 2015 Upwork". No reference to stanford CS or anything like that, just copy and paste.

Which is very wrong in my book.

I wrote them a message and after some fruitless exchanges with 4 or 5 different support people, I've decided to just let it go.

The incompetence of the interview assignment, coupled with robotic support answers quickly convinced me not to waste any more time with this bunch.

Re:Why you should never use Upwork by babaganoosh223 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @07:52PM (#12776004)
Sounds like what'd you expect from Upwork clients
Re:Why you should never use Upwork by esalman on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:08PM (#12790138)
It is not Upwork clients he is talking about, it is Upwork themselves ;)