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   Outsourced Programmer

   

   Mark Campbell, Jan 18th, 2006 @ 3:41pm

   
   

   This isn't all that new... ever hear of a bully making you do their homework? Something like that only you're the bully and you're paying for it. I've seen people on forums asking for help to a solution that they scanned out of their problems book for programming!

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   Anony..., Jan 18th, 2006 @ 4:02pm

   
   

   ...being anonymous on this one:
   
   I did that once, although I'm not a Computer Science major. I'm more into networking, but I had to take a java class and just couldn't grasp it. So, I paid some kid in Singapore like $10 to do my project for me.
   
   I got an A.
   
   There was this site, it was like e-bay for programmers. You put up the specifics of the project, and the programmers bid on how much they'll do it for. Past clients rank them, so you can find the biggest bang for your buck.
   
   Then, when the price/specifications are agreed upon, you send the site the money, and the site will not release the money to the programmer until you tell the site that the work is done and satisfactory.
   
   It was awesome.

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   Re: Outsourced Programmer

   

   Republicans Rule, Jan 18th, 2006 @ 4:42pm

   
   

   Hey Mark, why don't you grow a pair?

   Offering your services for a fee doesn't make you a victim of bullying, it makes you a consultant!

   Oh, but I suppose your typical liberal mentality keeps you from seeing otherwise. Grow up, you commie!

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   Anonymous Coward, Jan 18th, 2006 @ 4:43pm

   
   

   hey, i want to learn programming, and you are doing it and then slacking. i really want to learn but i cant take it in my highschool until next year. i wouldnt give up the chance. computers is a passion of mine and i wouldnt outsource my homework, i want to learn as much as i can about them

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   anonymus, Jan 18th, 2006 @ 5:47pm

   
   

   you love it now...

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   Teachers are getting wise to this...

   

   TechNoFear (profile), Jan 18th, 2006 @ 9:37pm

   
   

   Rent-a-Coder (and other sites) have been doing this for years. In most programming forums you can find someone gullible enough to do your homework.
   In CProgramming.com (GD forum) someone complains that their teacher caught them out with an oral exam. They were asked to explain their code but could not because they had used 'technical stuff without realising'.
   It is all a laugh until you get stuck in a team, deadlines fast approaching, with one of these muppets....
   
   

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   You only hurt yourself...

   

   Xanthir, Jan 19th, 2006 @ 1:07pm

   
   

   As my calculus teacher once said, "I don't give a crap about whether or not you do your homework. I don't take it up at the end of the day. I tell you what will be useful to study so that you will learn. If you refuse to, it's your loss. I'll still be here in class trying to cram information into your retarded little head, and I get paid the same whether you succeed in life or not."
   
   That's a slight paraphrase, but only because memory fails me as to his exact words. They were quite close.

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