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Originally Posted by timle8n1
I've read your posts and watched your videos and I feel your plight. Please don't get the idea most devs are crooks. Indeed there are crooks in the US and abroad - there are also clients looking to rip off devs - crime is indeed totally without prejudice.
I am not one who feels you must develop the app yourself, as coding certainly is not for everyone - just like there are many things I'm not naturally good at or have any desire to learn. However and this applies to hiring anyone - you must take great care in who you trust to get the job done. I do get the feeling you might have gotten a bit desperate to get someone working on your problem. I'm sure in retrospect and hindsight is 20-20 but the line about starting a new account certainly should throw up red flags.
Also one has to take in consideration once you offshore something you are dealing in with the laws, culture, and history of both countries. These expectations and perceptions sometimes blow up even if one is not trying to cheat the other (I am not saying that is the case here - as if everything is true - they definitely acted in bad faith). This is not the first story I've heard of an offshore company planning to produce a copy of something they just worked - completely ignoring IP and non-competes.
I wish you good luck on any actions against them - but more I wish that you do keep chasing your dreams - with perhaps some hard won knowledge. I suggest asking for at a minimum weekly snapshot of the SOURCE code - not a binary.
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First of all, thank you for your advise. I guess I don't know the difference between source and binary.
I did by the way do tons of due diligence. I spent over a year trying to hire different US companies. Granted technology has changed greatly since then but I was getting quotes of $2M - $1.5M. There was no way I could afford that even with a totally stripped down version of the website. That's when I decided to outsource through a third party thinking that 3rd party would keep me relatively safe. As far as the hindsight of a red flag for setting up a new account, they did it within hours. I was relying on the introduction of the 3rd party and their good name to keep me safe. Big mistake!
