Why can't I find a good designer?

Submitted by mikehostetler on Fri, 10/27/2006 - 08:26

This is getting frustrating. I announced previously that I am working on re-designing my website. That is true. However, I've been through 2 designers already who haven't been able to deliver. I've interviewed countless more.

My latest attempt has been to use the new oDesk service to find a designer. I put up a job on Wednesday of this week and got 14 responses. After looking at the portfolios of the talent that responded, I'm discouraged. Not one of the portfolio sites was a fresh design. The best ones out of the bunch looked like they are only about 2 years behind the curve.

Am I asking too much? I just want a design that is fresh, light, CSS driven and can be converted to a Drupal theme. I'd settle for a more corporate update of my current blog-centric theme.

If you know of someone who can do this, and their work isn't stuck in the '90's, please let me know.

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Mike Hostetler is an inventor, entrepreneur, programmer and proud father. Having worked with web technologies since the mid 1990's, Mike has had extensive experience developing web applications with PHP and JavaScript. Currently, Mike works as the CEO of appendTo, LLC, The Company Dedicated to jQuery, based in Denver, Colorado. Heavily involved in Open Source, Mike is a former member of the jQuery Core team, leads the QCubed PHP5 Framework project, and participates in the Drupal project. When not in front of a computer, Mike enjoys hiking, fly-fishing, snowboarding and spending time with his family.