Rent-A-Coder is a Internet-based auction house designed to connect companies in need of computer programming with a massive network of freelance programmers that spans the world.
Rent-A-Coder is not one dimensional though, they also facilitate the connection of businesses with graphic artists, writers, and translators. Ian Ippolito, as the founder of Rent-A-Coder.com and the CEO at Exhedra Solutions, Inc., understands that a growing business needs certain resources and a central location to find them. Rent-A-Coder can be considered similar to eBay in the programming industry, where thousands of coders make bids on projects posted by businesses and people numbering in the thousands. Naturally, this results in a massive worldwide network where businesses in Chicago, Illinois are hiring programmers in Brazil and Ukraine.
Many claim that this is the hypercompetitive, technologically-advanced future of the programming industry. Ippolito says the idea for Rent-A-Coder dawned upon him after turning down several coding projects. Finally, the idea germinated into a website,
Rent-A-Coder.com, and grew quickly. This unique model means that companies pay the lowest possible amount for a project and pass the profits onto the consumer. The programmers benefit from having a centrally located database where they can search for work, and always have an array of options.
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