I was perusing freelance programming postings on elance and found this one:
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Following is needed:
1) Recommend the most cost effective Java host for developing a small web app
2) Set up this host, AND development environment (IDE) — I am a rusty programmer who does not know Java.
3) Provide working Java code samples that perform the same/similar functions on each of the following web APIs: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Twitter. These functions are:
a. Authenticate/login (store a user’s login credentials for each and login to each API)
b. Perform a query against each (e.g., find people I know with last name “Smith”).
4) Provide some training to help get me modifying and running my own Java web apps utilizing these samples.
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The funny part is this job was posted for ‘less than $500′! First of all there is no ‘API’ for a Facebook, Google, etc…. those services have APIs that allow a variety of connectivity/functions. Second, the big red flag is that the person that is hiring doesn’t program, so he will never be satisfied. He may as well have posted:
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I want a starving programmer I can underpay and abuse for an unlimited amount of time. I do not know what I am doing, so I need somebody to boss around because I just got hired in a real job as a programmer but don’t know how to program.
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