Site Wide Message: (current site time 8/20/2008 3:56:32 AM EDT) Update on attachments 8/19: My apologies for the inconvenience regarding file attachments. File uploading capability has been restored as of 12:27am on 8/19/2008. An urgent priority ticket has been opened with Microsoft to get the older attachments accesible again and I will update you when there is new information. Again my apologies and thanks for your patience. -Ian Ippolito: Rent a Coder Latest Rent A Coder News  Notify me when this page changes     Congratulations!   8/1/2008:Congratulations! Rent A Coder congratulates the following outstanding coder(s) who last month completed projects that put them over a multiple of 50 (50,100,150, etc.). Rent A Coder salutes your superb work-ethic, self-less dedication and superior customer service skills. Great job!   Name Projects Completed as of 7/31/2008 11:59:59 PM* BKonst 417 (Up from 381 on 7/1/2008) TahiaDesign | Print and Branding 353 (Up from 348 on 7/1/2008) Shahbaz Ahmad 351 (Up from 336 on 7/1/2008) techwisdom 307 (Up from 294 on 7/1/2008) Digital Illusions 303 (Up from 295 on 7/1/2008) Paul Cristian Geletu 265 (Up from 249 on 7/1/2008) shayanto_03 258 (Up from 246 on 7/1/2008) 13th-warrior(.NET) 256 (Up from 248 on 7/1/2008) Reliable Tech 256 (Up from 226 on 7/1/2008) TotalIT 251 (Up from 243 on 7/1/2008) SoftIQ 250 (Up from 246 on 7/1/2008) ZInternational 250 (Up from 246 on 7/1/2008) DanielDEE 214 (Up from 192 on 7/1/2008) izghitu 205 (Up from 197 on 7/1/2008) Web Industry Ludoski 200 (Up from 193 on 7/1/2008) Vinod_Architect 162 (Up from 149 on 7/1/2008) ModernCoder 157 (Up from 148 on 7/1/2008) imranphp 155 (Up from 142 on 7/1/2008) KindCoder 152 (Up from 138 on 7/1/2008) Delphicoders 151 (Up from 146 on 7/1/2008) HVM Solutions 150 (Up from 146 on 7/1/2008) springdotnet 150 (Up from 144 on 7/1/2008) Vikas Sethi 150 (Up from 148 on 7/1/2008) ice_is_cool 150 (Up from 135 on 7/1/2008) SmartPro 142 (Up from 98 on 7/1/2008) GEXTON 111 (Up from 98 on 7/1/2008) KESHAV INFOTECH 107 (Up from 82 on 7/1/2008) Catalin83 106 (Up from 88 on 7/1/2008) Asterisk Guru 105 (Up from 99 on 7/1/2008) Alet 104 (Up from 97 on 7/1/2008) high35 104 (Up from 95 on 7/1/2008) Webwiz007 101 (Up from 99 on 7/1/2008) bob_1982 101 (Up from 87 on 7/1/2008) jefs42 101 (Up from 96 on 7/1/2008) Constantin Tony 101 (Up from 93 on 7/1/2008) Bluewolf030 101 (Up from 85 on 7/1/2008) mediatree 101 (Up from 98 on 7/1/2008) varro 101 (Up from 99 on 7/1/2008) cmstuning 100 (Up from 98 on 7/1/2008) Flash Custom Build 100 (Up from 99 on 7/1/2008) weng 70 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Aleksey Khlebnikov 61 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Marcos Alves 59 (Up from 46 on 7/1/2008) katmet 57 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) VONeS.NET 56 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) ICONYC 56 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) Hisham H. Younis 56 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) mkretsinger 55 (Up from 46 on 7/1/2008) IMAXINATION 55 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) sandman6665 55 (Up from 39 on 7/1/2008) Darren Rees 54 (Up from 47 on 7/1/2008) GreyHats 53 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) Jerome Francis 53 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) TC's Software 53 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) taewoo (not available till November) 53 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) bingorabbit 53 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Marsha Infotech Private Limited 52 (Up from 47 on 7/1/2008) imranexpt 52 (Up from 46 on 7/1/2008) CyberStudio 52 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) U_K 52 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) Grafiks 51 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) Quality Webdesigner 51 (Up from 44 on 7/1/2008) Sagheer ud din 51 (Up from 44 on 7/1/2008) MobileGuru 51 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Ewan Heming 51 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) GDiz Solutions 51 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Horizon Design 51 (Up from 47 on 7/1/2008) SpectruX 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Teamone Solutions 50 (Up from 44 on 7/1/2008) Pixwork 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) PHPman 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) RTBSoft 50 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) crc5002 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Orange Associates - THE Ultimate Design Lab 50 (Up from 38 on 7/1/2008) Theo Z 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Micro Merger 50 (Up from 46 on 7/1/2008) WinstonGFX 50 (Up from 49 on 7/1/2008) Impeccablemitch 50 (Up from 45 on 7/1/2008) GrizzlY GFX - ON VACATION 50 (Up from 47 on 7/1/2008) Agressive Coder 50 (Up from 45 on 7/1/2008) Madme 50 (Up from 48 on 7/1/2008) *The project is complete once the buyer accepts work as 100% complete. This may or may not coincide with the date the buyer rated the coder.   New design for Payoneer card   6/13/2008:New design for Rent a Coder Payoneer Prepaid Mastercard® and waived signup fee! Payoneer has designed a new custom card just for Rent A Coder! Signup before 9/11/2008 and Payoneer will even waive the initial $9.95/$19.95 activation fee! Click here to learn more!   New coder payment option: Payoneer   3/18/2008:New coder/seller payment option: Payoneer! You've asked for it, and now you've got it! Rent A Coder now offers the Payoneer Prepaid MasterCard® as a method of payment. We credit you the money electronically and you just spend it like a credit card or withdraw it from an ATM machine. It's extremely fast and convenient. For more information, click on 'my pay options' on the left hand side menu.   Rent A Coder makes the INC 5000 list   8/31/2007:Rent A Coder makes the Inc. 5000 list Rent a coder is proud to have made the prestigous Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States, and to be the 82nd fastest growing software company. We are also proud to be the 3rd fastest growing company in the Tampa Bay area and #1065 in the entire nation!   Rent A Coder values   8/6/2007:Respect for Diversity 2 I have noticed that people who tend to gravitate to Rent A Coder tend to be more tolerant than the population as a whole. Here is a very interesting email that I received recently, that I think illustrates that very well. -Ian Ippolito: Creator of RentACoder.com   New filters   2/2/2007:New bid request filters: Economy Type and English Fluency Some coders have expressed frustration at having to weed through (and potentially waste their time bidding on) bid requests intended for coders of an opposite economy type or English fluency. When this occurs, the buyer's time is also wasted as well, because they must evaluate and then discard an unqualified bid. To solve this problem, two new filters have been added...Economy Type and English Proficiency. Most buyers do not have a preference in regards to either, and will not use this feature. But some do, and this filter allows them to post a bid request that targets only the type of coder that they want. When they do this, the site only shows the project to coders for whom this would applies to...making in "invisible" to the rest. (It also does the same thing in the daily coder newsletter). This saves all parties time and effort. IMPORTANT: If you are a coder, please go to 'My filters' and make sure your filters for these two new types are set properly. We have autoset them based on the usual values for your registered country, but if you have an unusual situation then you will be missing out on projects unnecessarily.   New feature: Expert Guarantee   12/20/2006:New feature--the Expert Guarantee Are you an expert coder who is having trouble making your bids noticed, because of too much 'noise' from less qualified bidders? Or are you a buyer who has a 'must complete' project and/or need an expert, but can't determine which of your bidders is up to the task? The new Expert Guarantee feature enables expert coders to connect with buyers more quickly and easier than ever before. Click here for more details!   Congratulations!   12/8/2006:1,000th Job! LisaG is the first seller on Rent A Coder to complete one thousand (1,000) jobs! Congratulations LisaG on your incredible work ethic and tenacity in achieving this milestone!   Rent A Coder values   5/22/2006:Respect for Diversity Recently a job was posted on Rent A Coder for a job creating a Flash animation that involved Muhammad (incidentally performing graphic actions that would offend many non-Muslims as well). It was removed and the buyer warned that a repost will cost them their account. My opinion on this issue is that the gap between the Muslim and Christian communities is already too large. Some of us see the results of this gap every day in the news, and others experience it first hand. This gap is causing problems for many individual lives, families and our entire planet. A respect for diversity means that we do not add further fuel to the fire by deliberately pushing the "hot buttons" of others. Instead it means that we work to understand and then be sensitive to those issues. Finding this type of common ground is the first step in working to close the gap. I have found that the people who tend to gravitate to Rent A Coder tend to be more tolerant than the population as a whole. Thanks to those who helped notify us about this posting. -Ian Ippolito: Creator of RentACoder.com   Congratulations!   4/5/2006:2,000,000 "All Coder Competition" Points: Tometa Software, Inc.! A hearty congratulations to Tometa Software, Inc. who has accumulated over two million top coder points...the first for any coder on the site. Amazing job Tometa!   Technical Issues Blog   Technical Issues Blog on Rent A Coder To learn about any technical issues that are occuring right now on the site, click here.   Watch out for this "buyer"   A "Buyer" With Bad Intentions All coders are urged to be on the lookout for this buyer who we estimate has gotten over $100,000 worth of free software developed, from coders who chose not to follow site rules (due to either greed or ignorance) and allowed themselves to be taken advantage of. If you are coder, don't become a victim.   Severe Weather Update Page   Severe Weather Update Page Learn how to deal with abscences by the opposite party that are caused by hurricanes, earthquakes and other severe weather. New Affiliate Program Launched!   Make more money from Rent A Coder as an affiliate! Now you can make even more money from Rent a Coder with the new affiliate program! Every new buyer you refer to the site who completes a project, earns you a generous commission. We give you 1/3 of the profits...more than any other site! (A typical $4000 bid request earns you $130...all without lifting a finger!) Click here to learn more or click here to signup now and start making money today!