Hire Programming Tutors Now on WageMachineWe're now slowly opening WageMachine to beta users. WageMachine lets you hire great programming tutors at minimum wage($8.55 per hour). Learn or get help with what you're struggling with in: - Linux - Ruby - PHP - Python - Javascript - C - C# - Erlang We've got a healthy set of skills represented. There is no catch--these are smart people who like to teach and are happy to do it for minimum wage. There are some limitations. You do have to pay using PayPal up front, and can only hire someone for 30 minute - 1 hour shifts. (These are people who can make much more than minimum wage but are willing to work a bit because it's convenient, they like the work, and it's fun to get paid with PayPal right away). We've got a handful of workers now who you can hire. WageMachine is a side experiment, and we have no idea if this will work or not. But it should be a fun learning experience. If you want to try it out, fill out the invite request form. EDIT: Thanks to the great feedback from HackerNews users, we've tweaked a few things. We've reduced the max shift to 1 hour from 2. This means you can hire people for either 30 minutes or 1 hour. People pointed out that if you make $100 an hour, it makes more sense to spend 1 hour working and 10 hours looking for a job than to earn $8.55 per hour for 11 hours. What we're trying to stress is that this is more of an "intro" tool. We think it makes more sense to do small <1 hr jobs for 10 people. That's 10 new potential future clients. and it's $40-$80 bucks in your pocket. And you helped 10 people. Basically, we're turning time spent job hunting into more productive time spent. Posted 01/04/2010 |