I had an idea for a software application and hired a programmer from one of the freelance programming websites. Towards the end he bailed. I even gave him extra money because the project ran over the time he said it would take. I ended up with useless software. He had excellent reviews, and was established on the freelance website

I know what I want the software to do but it seems I almost need to know programming to convey it or a wireframe or something. I had written down what I wanted it to do. But even the basic function ended up broken

Along the way as problems presented themselves i had to brainstorm solutions for the problems. As an example there could be two things named the same thing, this caused the software to crash. I would have thought the programmer would have already thought of this being a potential problem based on how I explained it would function. He then fixed it but in my mind this should have been a non issue from the get go.

So in essence my question is how do I explain what I want and should a programmer be asking me any questions ? Or do I have to have everything spelled out even if I am not a programmer because its seemed like I need to know programming to explain how I want the software to function. And where / how do I find a good one ?

  • IamNotYourBF@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You post a detailed job description with a high salary and they’ll come find you. You hire the top 5 applicants to work on your project. In 6 months do 360 reviews of their work. Cut the non-performers and replace them with new programmers. Eventually you’ll have a good team of programmers so long as the salary remains high and the benefits remain great.

    Or you can do what you’re doing now which is hunting and pecking and hoping and begging and praying that you’ll find some nibwit to do a half-assed job.