Re:Ask HN: Are there any high-end rentacoder type sites?
by fugue88 on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @01:56PM
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It seems that the more the site focuses on bids, the more likely this is to happen.
Bidding systems inherently ignore distinctive qualities of at least one side of the transaction. In this case, it treats programmers as commodities, and so the prices tend toward commodity prices.
Bidding systems inherently ignore distinctive qualities of at least one side of the transaction. In this case, it treats programmers as commodities, and so the prices tend toward commodity prices.