Deliver the earth for peanuts
Hanging around the freelance sites as I do, I often witness people posting projects for ridiculous prices but yesterday I saw the worst one yet.
The project specification was quite straightforward, the guy wants a complete clone of LinkedIn, with the ability to install new skins himself, it must contain all the functionality that LinkedIn currently has and he wants it done in a week.
How much do you think he was willing to pay for this? I mean, that’s gotta be a good 2 months work for a single person, his 7 day requirement means a team of 8 working long hours to meet the deadline, so take a guess? $5,000? $10,000?
Nope, he was asking for quotes within the $30-$100 range. Is this guy an idiot or what? He is NEVER EVER going to get the work done at that price, oh he will find some Russian teenager willing to take a shot at it but it will never be successfully delivered.
I swear man, some people need to be taken out into the parking lot and shot in the head, do the world a favour.








