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A Rhyme for oDesk

Inspired was I, one night in San Fran
while visiting family and friends,
to create a website for those in Japan,
that was fun and followed pop trends.

I whipped up the spec as oDesk requests,
and posted one night to hire.
Next mornin’ I woke, and to my delight,
The response put my Inbox on fire!

Coders from Russia, India, China,
even a few from Brazil,
all wanted to work on my wonderful plan,
an Internet service to thrill!

Their rates were amazing; I could not believe
this world of outsourcing pleasure.
Of course, there were issues of trusting the hire,
but cost was the trump and the treasure.

$10 an hour?! $10 an hour!
The first of my thoughts was “no way!”
My hour of time in Tokyo is higher
than some programmer out in Bombay.

So I hired an Indian programming guru,
who’d finish in two to three weeks.
And during that time I’d watch his progress,
all of his code and mem leaks.

“How do you manage from so far away?”
Ask many who still disbelieve.
That is the beauty of oDesk’s great toys,
which temper the chance to deceive.

You see …

Each 20 minutes, a screenshot appears,
of the desktop for the guy I just hired.
At the end of my day, I can view on a page,
the events of his day that transpired.

But oDesk knows that there’s more to manage,
and throws some treats in the mix,
a vertical bar beside the photo,
counting all his mouse clicks!

So props to oDesk for a wonderful service,
without which my project was hopeless.
Just know that you’ve got at least one fan in Japan,
“making geeks rich and famous”