Hard Talk with Scurvy

upulpdn

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    So tell me about a positive experience you've had working on oDesk, what was your favourite project and why?
    Most of them were good, cos its creative stuff so never gets monotonous
    Don’t like em buyers who keep asking for the world for $20 fixed job


    Does that happen often?
    Not anymore, I do apply for $20 jobs now. Earlier happened couple of times


    Put up a disclaimer saying lowest bidders are not to be trusted and quality of work will be on par with the pay. That might make some buyers think twice about hiring low bidders.


    We both bid low to get our first jobs though didn't we?
    Yeah well if u got the talent you'll get hired.


    So there is a case for low bids sometimes?
    Yeah I guess, but a disclaimer would do good as well, a pop up every time a Buyer tries to hire.


    Ok, so tell me a negative experience you've had?
    First job I got hired buy Irish con artist from Dublin, he made me do some samples and then said he didn't like em, later he said job was cancelled an he refused to pay. : I contacted customer support and he got suspended. I never got paid. Even if I did he would've left me bad feedback so glad it worked out this way




    You’ve mentioned on the forums a few times that you think you should leave bad feedback for a buyer if you think his feedback might be negative, why is that?
    Then Jacqui got me banned for 3 weeks cos I was controversial in the forums or some sh*t.
    Cos I don’t wanna leave someone good feedback an see they had left me bad, cant stand it


    But surely they are entitled to their opinion; feedback should be honest don't you think?
    Some just leave u bad to spite u or cos they’re racist or got caught trying to run away or something.


    Do you think that if a buyer looks at your profile and sees you have left a lot of negative feedback for others that they will be less inclined to hire you?
    No, my portfolio is too impressive J


    A Humble guy you are definitely not.
    Perfection like me is never humble
     

    upulpdn

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    Have you any advice for newcomers?
    Don’t do free samples, most of the con buyers target noobs to get free samples cos they don’t know any better. Don’t get cocky, Just keep at it and they'll eventually get work. Portfolio is more important than anything else I believe.


    What do you do in your spare time besides annoy Jacqui & Doreen on the forums?
    Stalking me on the forums, when I completely ignore her.
    Outside oDesk, not much usual day to day stuff, eat, sleep get pissed throw rocks the usual


    Throw rocks?
    Yeah sometimes I throw em back, when I am in a bad mood


    Is that a national past time or something?
    In this sh*thole of a country that’s what these hopeless cases do


    Do you read?
    Yeah, used to a lot, lots of sci-fi fantasy horror stuff.


    What’s the last book you read?
    Last Harry Potter book.


    What about music, who do you like to listen to?
    Not really sure, Bon Jovi!


    Where do you see your career in 5 years?
    Hell. Don’t think more than a couple days ahead.


    Ok, well what would u like to be doing in a years time then?
    Nice Swedish Blonde.
     

    upulpdn

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    Do you work set hours every day?
    Nah, work whenever takes my fancy, most of the time just surf the web.


    And how’s business at the moment?
    Not good, not much jobs these days, after I set up on me new computer, I hope to get back at it.


    Is there anything about oDesk you would change if you had the power?
    Yeah Escrow for fixed price work, speed up the payment cycle & take over the bosses’ job.


    Okay, some quick fire questions then and I’ll let you get back to surfing.


    Favourite Colour: Blue


    Star sign:
    Dunno,
    What date and month were you born?
    March 14th.
    That makes you a Pisces.
    Whatever


    What would you do if you won the lottery?
    Move to Switzerland, buy a small log cabin by the side of the Alps and find a nice Swiss milkmaid.


    Tell us a joke or something to make us smile:
    Dunno L can’t think of any, I’m tired tonight.


    Ok, well look I'll leave you to it Mahesh, sorry for keeping you for so long, and thanks for taking the time out.
    No worries don’t get run over or anything.
    You too, don’t get hit by any rocks now.


    A big thank you to Mahesh for taking time out to talk to me. He is as oppinionated as the rest of us, only he has the guts to say what a lot of us are thinking at times, and I commend him for that.

    Thanks for bringing a smile to my face every day on the fourms Mahesh, and long may you prevail on oDesk :)
     

    හෙනයා

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    LazyLizard

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    Thanks for bringing a smile to my face every day on the fourms Mahesh, and long may you prevail on oDesk :)
    :D ඉංගිරිස් වලින් ඇහුවම ඔය ලස්සනට උත්තර දීල තියෙන්නෙ :D උන්ට බනින්නෙත් නෑ. මේකේ තමා ඔක්කොම ගෑස් දාන්නේ අපිට
     

    upulpdn

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    :D ඉංගිරිස් වලින් ඇහුවම ඔය ලස්සනට උත්තර දීල තියෙන්නෙ :D උන්ට බනින්නෙත් නෑ. මේකේ තමා ඔක්කොම ගෑස් දාන්නේ අපිට

    ඕකට ඔම්ලට් හදන්න සල්ලි හොයන තැනනේ... ඉක පුරාගෙන ලියලා :lol:
     

    HKavinda

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    කඩ්ඩ බැරි එකා;21369001 said:
    උබට පිස්සුද බන්?

    වැඩ පාඩු කරන්,
    සල්ලි කපන් කෝල් අරගෙන,
    අම්මට බැනුම් අහගෙන...

    මොනවද බන් මේ විකාර?

    උබ ජොබ්ලස්ද? නැත්නම් තාම ස්කෝලෙ යනවද? :baffled:

    :lol: :lol: :lol:
     

    jmzsl

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    ඕකට ඔම්ලට් හදන්න සල්ලි හොයන තැනනේ... ඉක පුරාගෙන ලියලා :lol:

    muu apita talk didi hitiyata prashna tikata uttara denna baya wela kyala hitenne mata witarada :rolleyes: nattan therum ganna amaru tharam prashna ethana nane
     

    upulpdn

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    muu apita talk didi hitiyata prashna tikata uttara denna baya wela kyala hitenne mata witarada :rolleyes: nattan therum ganna amaru tharam prashna ethana nane


    oka vedio ekak karai. views reah wadi karaganna... wade poddak parakkui... paindar hadissiy
     

    shaminda peiris

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    ටෞකන්ඩ.කැ@ බල්ලා.
    මම දුවගෙන ආවා මුගේ උත්තර ටික බලන්න.දෙකක් ඇනලා එන්න හිතයි මූට.:angry::angry:
     

    I love JS

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    කඩ්ඩ බැරි එකා;21369001 said:
    උබට පිස්සුද බන්?

    වැඩ පාඩු කරන්,
    සල්ලි කපන් කෝල් අරගෙන,
    අම්මට බැනුම් අහගෙන...

    මොනවද බන් මේ විකාර?

    උබ ජොබ්ලස්ද? නැත්නම් තාම ස්කෝලෙ යනවද? :baffled:

    :lol::lol:
     

    $Gangster$

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    මේකද දෙයියගෙ මහලොකු ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදෙ :growl::growl::growl:
     

    signshop

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    හැමිනෙනවා.... දුවගෙන ආවා වලතරයාගේ Hard Talk බලන්න. නොදකින් විතරක් ඕකගේ තට්ටෙට මන්නෙන් කොටන්න තිබුනේ ..:lol:
     

    D_Mad

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    මෙකේ හාර්ඩ් ටොක්ස් කියවන්න ආසාවෙන් ඉදියෙ
    රත්තරන් අය්යගේ,
    ගෝඩ් සහ කොටාගෙ .
    ගෝඩ්ගේ ඝනකම බලහන්කො.. :sorry:
    අපරාදේ බං :sorry::sorry: