Just a quick follow up on Thursdays post. I mentioned that I am trying out Lime Exchange. It is a conduit for people seeking IT like services and those that provide them. I didn’t really know what to expect about how many bids I would get on my project, or from where, or the talent the bids would come with. Well so far I have 9 bids in three days. I guessed that several would come from India and that is somewhat correct. Here is the list of cities posting a bid:
- Karanchi, Pakistan
- Gomel, Belarus
- Hyderabad, Pakistan
- Chennai, India
- Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, India
- Hyderabad, India
- Kyev, Ukraine
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Faridabad, India
The expertise ranged from 2 years to 8 years and the varied skill sets is pretty impressive, although about 3 didn’t offer any skill details. There are a few one man shops but a few more organized as well (2 plus workers). So far none of the bids has come in under my offer but all of them as pretty reasonable. Since I didn’t know what to expect I put the bid period to be three weeks, but that is probably too much time. I could end the bid early and get started but I’ll play that by ear.
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