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Expert e-commerce and business solutions developer. Several years experience with complex database and backend programming, project management and project design.
To help my clients resolve issues with existing code and build new state-of-the-art technology projects.
I`m available for work and interview every day 8am-8pm (timezone GMT+02).
For this contract, I sifted through over 60 oDesk and local developers. I selected Andrew because it was apparent by his profile and portfolio that he knew the technology. More importantly, he had a good rating on previous work that spoke to his ability to get the job done.Andrew is an excellent developer. He has a solid understanding of how to enable both site users and site administrators. His code runs quickly and cleanly. He was patient with delays, both on the client's side as well as our own. Andrew had to digest a lot of material for this job and he did so very well. Turn around on work was fast and addressed in detail. He also possesses the ability to ask for clarification if he's not sure about something, which puts him head and shoulders above half the developer community on the planet. Most importantly, the client was pleased with the end result.One opportunity for improvement lays with maintaining his own deadlines for deliverables. There were a couple times dates slipped, but fortunately, the client took things in good humor. If dates ever slipped, it was only by a day or two, which is considerably better than some of the ~local~ contractors we've hired in the past. Would we hire Andrew again for future work? Absolutely. Andrew is a great candidate for any company's development needs.
Don't be fooled by Andrews feedback, I was. I hired him based on his positive feedback and experience with Magento themes...I couldn't have been more disappointed. I was quoted 27 days to complete a full ecommerce website based on a Magento template, but after 3 weeks all that was done was an amateur effort of the logo. Andrew seemed to want to do the least amount of work possible to meet the requirements of the job. He seems to understand English, but didn't seem to grasp the directions I wrote to him regarding the site. For example I would be very descriptive and tell him what color scheme I want and what websites inspired me, only to get a response of "please tell me what colors you want, and what website is similar to what you want" ??? Maybe he is better at small, programming jobs but not bigger fixed rate jobs, definitely not a full web developer assignment. Andrew was forced by Odesk to give me a partial refund, he would not do it willingly even after it was proven that he took a large deposit and did not fulfill the work specified. I would never hire Andrew for another job, and I suggest others be cautious with him. Only pay him for work he has completed first, do not pay a lump sum deposit like I did, you will be sorry.
