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Do you have experiences of bad coders?

Having experience of using local and outsourced programmers:

Never EVER believe the following from a programmer:

1. Examples of work* (unless on the site of someone you know and they’ve been openly using it for at least 3-6 months)
2. Testimonials (unless from someone you know - see 1 above)
3. Reviews (unless from someone you know - see 1 above)
4. Sites they’ve developed (see 1 above)
5. Certification of ownership/rights (coders can disappear overnight when they are found out)
6. Statistics (PR can be forged, traffic can easily be diverted, forum posts/comments/testimonials can be forged)

My experiences:

Good coders cost good money.
Almost all of the time, when starting a fledgling project, money is tight and you have a deadline - some coders take advantage of this.
Do as much of it yourself - within your capabilities - get your coder to do the coding part.