Welcome to Chez Cliff!

I’m happy with this Guru.com experience.  This is a clever idea.

My little project is moving along faster than I anticipated.  Good for me!  October 15th still seems to be a feasible launch date.

Quite the eclectic bunch has joined Team Cliff.  A lady from Mississippi; some dude from Canada; an indeterminate from Romania; a team of Russians and now a Ukrainian is being interviewed.  Yes the Romanian is “indeterminate” because I can’t tell from the first name if it’s a guy or a girl.  And the idea of asking seemed very weird and creepy to me.  Personally I don’t care; he/she did a fantastic job.

Fortunately the hard work was done up front by yours truly.  Everyone I hired to date has just been there to refine and improve my work.  WIth the exception of the Russians.  They are building software from scratch.

In a way, it’s a good thing I spent all those years learning about web programming.  It has helped form the basis by which I hire people into my little team.  Dozens apply to do my projects and nearly 1/3 of them are rejected.  Why?  Because they force me to ask myself this simple question:  Do they think I’m stupid?

We all know a hamburger costs around $5.  That’s a given.  If someone were to try and charge you $100 for a hamburger, you’d tell them to go pound sand.  Yes, they could claim the hamburger is of the highest quality, hand-crafted by 3-star chefs . . . but a hamburger is still a hamburger.

Ditto with my applications.  I know how much the application should cost and about how much time it should take.  Someone could claim (and has claimed) “We have a team of top notch people who will work around the clock for three days!”

Huh?

I don’t care how many people worked on building me my hamburger.  It’s still only $5 and only takes a few minutes to make.  My project is awarded to the person who agrees with me.