Comments on: Spending my RentACoder earned money on Books http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/ Eli Bendersky's personal website Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:57:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michelle Keller http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/comment-page-1/#comment-60383 Michelle Keller Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:47:42 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/#comment-60383 Hi there, Next time you're looking for a programming gig, you should check out oDesk. With oDesk, an online marketplace with over 2,000 jobs per month, you can get paid through the oDesk MasterCard, which can be used everywhere that MasterCard is accepted -- including Amazon.com :) Check it out: http://www.odesk.com -- Michelle oDesk.com Hi there,
Next time you’re looking for a programming gig, you should check out oDesk. With oDesk, an online marketplace with over 2,000 jobs per month, you can get paid through the oDesk MasterCard, which can be used everywhere that MasterCard is accepted — including Amazon.com :)
Check it out: http://www.odesk.com
– Michelle
oDesk.com

]]> By: eliben http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/comment-page-1/#comment-59882 eliben Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:35:01 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/#comment-59882 As you know, I'm working through SICP just like you. My initial motivation stemmed from the desire to understand the interpreter/compiler they implement in the end of the book. I plan to finish working through it and then shift to Lisp In Small pieces for more a serious discussion of Lisp compilers. I will post a review once I finish reading it - but that may be months from now :-) As for RAC - as I stated to myself from the start, my goal was to have fun, do interesting projects and just check it out. Making money was probably the last goal. I will try to post something more detailed about my experience with RAC, but to answer your question - dozens of hours. I think my per hour rate was not much higher than $10 for RAC work, maybe even less for some tasks. As you know, I’m working through SICP just like you. My initial motivation stemmed from the desire to understand the interpreter/compiler they implement in the end of the book. I plan to finish working through it and then shift to Lisp In Small pieces for more a serious discussion of Lisp compilers. I will post a review once I finish reading it - but that may be months from now :-)

As for RAC - as I stated to myself from the start, my goal was to have fun, do interesting projects and just check it out. Making money was probably the last goal. I will try to post something more detailed about my experience with RAC, but to answer your question - dozens of hours. I think my per hour rate was not much higher than $10 for RAC work, maybe even less for some tasks.

]]> By: Ken Dyck http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/comment-page-1/#comment-59881 Ken Dyck Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:26:23 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2007/07/13/spending-my-rentacoder-earned-money-on-books/#comment-59881 Lisp In Small Pieces has been on my wishlist for ages, but I've never gotten around to picking up a copy and reading it. I'd love hear your thoughts on it after you've finished reading. BTW, I've always been curious about markets like RentACoder... Do you mind if I ask how many hours you worked to receive your $300 in payment? Lisp In Small Pieces has been on my wishlist for ages, but I’ve never gotten around to picking up a copy and reading it. I’d love hear your thoughts on it after you’ve finished reading.

BTW, I’ve always been curious about markets like RentACoder… Do you mind if I ask how many hours you worked to receive your $300 in payment?

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