Rent-A-Coder is the web-based marketplace designed and created to connect businesses who are in need of skillful computer programmers with an international network of freelance programmers. Ian Ippolito is the founder and creator of Rent-A-Coder and the CEO at Exhedra Solutions, Inc. He says the idea dawned on him after turning down multiple coding projects because of lack of time. This idea would eventually germinate into a website in the form of Rent-A-Coder.com and it grew quickly in the following years.
Rent-A-Coder could be considered the eBay of the coding world, where thousands of businesses place projects for auction and over one-hundred-thousand coders come to bid on them. Additionally, Rent-A-Coder seeks to connect businesses with graphic artists, writers, and language translators. The wild success of Rent-A-Coder, combined with the innovative and long-reaching effects of the Internet result in an international market where businesses in New Orleans, Louisiana are hiring programmers in Pakistan and Norway. This seems to be the hypercompetitive future of the industry of programming, and Rent-A-Coder is on the cutting edge. The companies pay the lowest possible amount for a project because of competing services and the programmers naturally benefit from having a centralized location where they can search for projects.
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