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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by krapp on Saturday July 05, 2014 @06:38PM (#7993190)
It looks like you're a Norwegian company? Surely Norway has programmers who can handle this at equal or surpassing quality for less money? What was your rationale for outsourcing to begin with?
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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by stormen on Saturday July 05, 2014 @06:54PM (#7993229)
In Norway a dev starts at $100k a year; or you can pay roughly $250 an hour for freelancers. Labour laws in Norway are very strict, which means hiring someone is a big step. When we first started the project we didn't really foresee how big of a task it would end up as, so we went with outsourcing. If I had to do it again, I probably would have hired one in-house dev.
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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by krapp on Saturday July 05, 2014 @08:47PM (#7993434)
>In Norway a dev starts at $100k a year; or you can pay roughly $250 an hour for freelancers.

I still think you paid more than the site is worth but... you can get that kind of rate for freelancing PHP? I think I need to move to Norway.

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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by poopsintub on Saturday July 05, 2014 @09:31PM (#7993506)
You can definitely get that amount for freelancing PHP in the states.
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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by notduncansmith on Sunday July 06, 2014 @01:16AM (#7993839)
Either you're joking, or I've wasted my career.
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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by poopsintub on Monday July 07, 2014 @12:12AM (#7997037)
I'm not joking. In the right cities, the high cost of living will pull you that amount.
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Re:We put $200k into a site that sucks. Please destroy us wi... by tmikaeld on Sunday July 06, 2014 @02:52AM (#7993948)
You and me both, i get 65$ an hour in Sweden.
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