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Osama A.

Osama runs a Social Media Marketing Agency and a Software Product Company. He has been involved in building online communities since 1997 and his major strengths are understanding how people choose to come together and work as strong cohesive units that believe in brands or causes. His team's flagship product offers highly innovative ways to get professional teams to work better together - resulting in significantly saved time in common tasks around getting people on the same page; and also resulting in a greater sense of trust among virtual teammates. You may contact him at hashmi@cdfsoftware.com with inquiries.

The first time I saw oDesk I was pretty excited. I liked their system pretty much at first glance. I thought, "ah ! now here’s something that can serve us better !" … you put in work hours and you’d get paid for it for sure, no chance of being stiffed. However, surprisingly, my experience was quite different. I wouldn’t put the blame on oDesk entirely, but about 90% would be justified. Its Just that their system is not friendly for the more creative. Don’t get me wrong here, but let me layout my specific experience briefly in points

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2 additional thoughts for this post.

jaywalker Said:
November 19th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
SayB Said:
November 20th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
O goodie ! thanks for spreading the good word

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