Pinoy Odesk Newbie's Failure Analysis:

Failure Analysis:

This Pinoy Odesk Newbie has been actively searching for a job on Odesk for the past two weeks and two days without success. My morale was obliterated and my self confidence shattered. Had it not been for fellow newbies like myself I would have lost my self-respect.

Butch, a.k.a., vjustce commented that we need to keep a positive outlook at all times and learn from out mistakes. Well that’s what I’m trying to do right now. I’m taking a step back and trying to determine what went wrong and hopefully correct my mistakes. I do not intend to whine or point my finger and pass judgment Mr. Vitale. I am merely trying to sort out the facts. Numbers have their failings. Statistics, Caluculus, Quantum Mechanics are all based on approximations. Statistics relies on "N" or the number or samples, Calculus  merely describes a curve and Quantum mechanics states of an uncertainty principle. I hate numbers. Because despite popular opinion these number systems are not absolute. In a third world country this Pinoy was taught by his elders that such systems were absolutes rather than approximations.

None the less let’s look at the numbers. To date  (10/21/2009, 5:00 am Manila) I have 36 candidacies of which 20 are inactive candidacies and 16 remain active.

to be continued.....

Odesk Community Forum 15 hours to post?

Odesk Forum 11:08 pm Manila time

As a Pinoy Odesk Newbie I wonder what’s up with the Odesk community forum. It looks as if all the recent posts were 15 hours ago. I’m not a part of the Odesk staff; I haven’t even gotten a job. However Pinoys are by nature very inquisitive and Odesk's universe is a rich environment.

I love conspiracies. In the a third world country Pinoys  are famous for uzis. Not the Israeli submachine guns. The Pinoy Uzi's I'm talkinga about are "tismosos" or rumor mongers.  I think that’s the reason why Dan Brown’s made so much money from his amazing novels like Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons among others. Come to think if it next to basketball Pinoys would probably consider chit chatting with nosy neigbhors as the national past time. It’s fun to speculate some times. Right now I’m guessing at least two scenarios are going on.

First scenario is that they are implementing a new ID system on the forum. This would be great news for everyone. It would mean Odesk management is actually trying to weed out those pesky pinoy scammers like that guy recuiting for a pinoy call center agents on odesk.

On the other hand, Odesk staff moderators could be screening individual posts. While it is true that newbies, pinoy newbies in particular  like me are finding it impossible to find a job and are hurting because of it; the Odesk community  forum would be violating fifth amendment rights if they to censor valid grievances by newbies. Regardless of our natinalities, pinoys, chinese, americans or indians we all have rights too.  Would oDesk management deem it necessary to screen out or censor provider posts to maintain it’s interest. This Pinoy Odesk newbie really wouldn’t know. I’m just a newbie who happens to be a Pinoy trying to get a job, Praying that a lucky  buyer would find me and  value what I have to offer. 

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