About markesh Top Coder Competition Ranking # 8 of 49,039   Raw Score Total: 153,399.99 Name:  markesh (see 19 ratings)   in Berlin, Berlin Germany Seller / Coder Rating:  10 (Excellent) Sign up date:  Dec 19, 2001 5:13:32 AM EDT Last Logged In:  Aug 1, 2003 2:47:50 AM EDT Jobs Started:  23 Jobs Completed:  22 Missed Status Report Warnings Issued:  2 Arbitrations Lost:  0 (out of 0 Arbitrations) What is arbitration?       Post a new project exclusively for markesh   Invite markesh to bid on one of my existing projects    Send markesh a bonus   Add markesh to my custom list of favorite coders     Areas Of Expertise:  -Visual Basic -C++ -ATL/COM -MFC -DirectX in General -DirectShow in detail -TCP/IP (experience in VB & C++) -Capture Card related programming -Complex GUI implementation (skinning, custom drawing of)   Resume: 1998 - 1999: Freelance Visual Basic Programmer. 1999 - 2000: Wrote and published the freeware filesharing software "Gnumm", which functioned on the Napster, Scour and Gnutella networks. 2000: Gnumm was acquired by a subsidiary of Bertelsmann GMBH, and I started work at same company. 2000-2001: 6 months internship at Bertelsmann GMBH, working on C++ with emphasis on MFC and TCP/IP. 2001: 7 months as fulltime programmer at Bertelsmann GMBH, working on DirectX, DirectShow, TCP/IP, and complex user interfaces in plain Win32 without MFC (c++). 2001: Started at the Technical University Berlin in the subject "Technical Computer Science" ("Technische Informatik").   Top Coder Competition Raw Score   Average Job Size Average Coder Rating Number of Completed Jobs Penalty for Missed Status Reports Warnings * $706.36 x 10 x 22 - (2 warnings x 1000 penalty) = 2000   Raw Score Total: 153,400 * Penalty rule enacted on 10/8/2001 and applies only to warnings sent after that date. Note: all top coder competition stats are only updated once a day between midnight and 1:00 EDT.     Rent A Coder Work History All ratings and comments are the opinion of the poster and do not reflect the official view of Rent A Coder. Rated For Rated By Rating Bid Amount Rated On   Universal Media Player dmillner 10 (Excellent) $5,000.00 May 19, 2003 9:50:58 AM EDT   What can I say, the man is FANTASTIC!!! Mark went above and beyond the call of duty and he knows what he is doing. There was no problem that he couldn't tackle. He's THE BEST!!!!!! I will be hiring him again.     WMA Burner Control e-roq 10 (Excellent) $1,300.00 March 6, 2003 4:56:11 PM EDT   Working with Mark was a great experience. Mark is a fantastic programmer and his business and communication skills are just as well equaled. His work was always done on time and his demos were completely thorough showcasing the complete potential of the project. I'm happy to give Mark a rating of 10 and highly recommend him as the programmer of choice. Mark, thank you for your work and I look forward to doing more business in the future.     Private auction for markesh on 3/3/2003 1:04:36 PM John Bode 10 (Excellent) $200.00 March 6, 2003 4:51:08 PM EDT   Mark performed beyond my requirements and ahead of schedule.     private bid 01 Kaylea 10 (Excellent) $900.00 February 28, 2003 10:28:42 PM EDT   fast and awsome job. thanks. will definiatel7y use in future jobs. thanks.     mp3 sound recorder sime 10 (Excellent) $300.00 February 28, 2003 11:28:36 AM EDT   Great coder works fast communicates well     CD Writer J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $1,300.00 January 22, 2003 5:11:03 PM EDT       Bonus for markesh on 12/15/2002 10:16:21 AM John Bode None Given $300.00 December 15, 2002 10:23:29 AM EDT       MP3 Player/Recorder with Scheduled Play John Bode 10 (Excellent) $1,500.00 December 13, 2002 9:56:08 AM EDT   The code Mark developed is well written, thoroughly documented, and works as required, and the project was completed ahead of schedule. The coder promptly made all corrections and updates as requested. I would not hesitate using Mark again. In fact, I have already lined up addtional work for him.     Private auction for markesh on 11/20/2002 10:19:09 AM John Bode 10 (Excellent) $800.00 December 13, 2002 9:54:40 AM EDT   Mark has again been outstanding in his performance. The code appears and works better than I envisioned, and he produced the code ahead of schedule.     Private auction for markesh on 10/6/2002 9:53:30 AM John Bode None Given $1,200.00 November 19, 2002 3:09:05 PM EDT   Again, Mark did an outstanding job, and ahead of schedule.     Bonus for markesh on 8/24/2002 2:07:05 PM John Bode None Given $500.00 August 24, 2002 2:10:57 PM EDT       Expose underlying properties and methods J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $100.00 August 1, 2002 11:27:07 PM EDT       MPEG Writer J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $200.00 July 25, 2002 10:10:27 AM EDT       Enhance MPEG Writer J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $50.00 July 23, 2002 11:52:52 AM EDT       Bonus For markesh DeionG 10 (Excellent) $60.00 July 1, 2002 3:14:42 PM EDT   excellent programmer. fast and effective thanks.     WMV to AVI Convert Active X Control DeionG 10 (Excellent) $90.00 July 1, 2002 3:08:33 PM EDT   fast and effecitive coder. i recommend very highly above all the rest     Bonus for markesh on 6/21/2002 9:44:04 AM J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $70.00 June 21, 2002 9:55:32 AM EDT       Private auction for markesh on 6/17/2002 11:35:38 AM J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $250.00 June 20, 2002 2:46:36 PM EDT       Bonus for markesh on 6/19/2002 10:45:01 AM J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $70.00 June 19, 2002 10:48:53 AM EDT       WMV to AVI or MPG Conversion ActiveX Chris Hoffman 10 (Excellent) $250.00 May 9, 2002 11:06:21 AM EDT   The coder worked on my project until everything was taken care of, and I am happy with the result. I will be working with this coder on future projects.     conversion utility j514 10 (Excellent) $1,000.00 February 27, 2002 12:23:29 AM EDT   Mark did a great job on a tough project. Fun to work with, and a great problem solver!     Resize DirectX AVI in VB J. Hepple 10 (Excellent) $100.00 February 15, 2002 3:09:37 PM EDT       ------ Average:   10.00