Best place to find coders?

[robbyhicks]

Where do you look when hiring for a project or getting hired for a project?

 

[drov]

I am a web developer and have a vast network of developers in all languages. I look to them when work comes along.

I can refer some to you if you'd like.


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[drmike]

Hiring depends.  Depends on what role you are in and what you are looking to hire.

I prefer to deal with known to me people first.  That would be in real life regional people in my peer group.  Second, I consider online connections.  Finally, everything else.

Craigslist can be alright for regional.   

The everything else is probably best with Odesk at current.

This is a good read on hiring programmers in particular:

http://blog.codinghorror.com/how-to-hire-a-programmer/

 

[telephone]

Head down to your local Home Depot and pick up some éses.

 

[HalfEatenPie]

Head down to your local Home Depot and pick up some éses.

The other day my éses wrote me a letter.  Was nice catching up with him!  

 

[robbyhicks]

Home depot was a good suggestion, I found exactly what I needed!

 

[GS-Dylan]

Lately I've had good success with http://freelancer.com

 

[RTGHM]

Freelancer, sometimes if it's basic HTML you can even find them on fiverr.

 

[zomgmike]

I prefer to deal with known to me people first.

This can't be understated.  If you're looking for someone for a big project, try tossing them a few small projects first.

 

[libro22]

If you don't mind hiring non US/EU coders, odesk.com is extensively promoting themselves in SEAsia so you may find a lot of options there.

 

[host4go]

Lately I've had good success with http://freelancer.com

You pretty much advices the worst freelancer site available.


Yes they are big, bought allot of other freelancer sites but they suck so much it hurts.

 

[comXyz]

What kind of project is it? What language? You can look for good programmers in programming forums.

 

[lolitseasy]

Try elance, I mean they all are the same anyways.

 

[tk-hassan]

You can find some good coders on top freelancing sites like odesk and elance at good price.

 

[redswitches]

eLance,oDesk and Freelancer are a good place to start with.

 

[tarunap]

Freelancer and Elance are best place to find the coders.

 

[Tyler]

Try elance, I mean they all are the same anyways.

Could not be further from the truth. A good developer vs a bad developer will make the world of a difference. Great developers can help make the project a success, and bad ones can kill the project.

Do your research. I would recommend guys on industry forums - it shows that they're learning and at the top of their game. 

 

[Jonathan]

Good coders? Hah!  It's like finding a unicorn...at least in my experience.

 

[HBAndrei]

I wouldn't trust people from fiverr, elance, freelancer, etc with a serious coding project.

You should look for companies in your city/country, companies that you can actually meet face to face and discuss the project, terms, deadlines, concerns, etc.

 

[fixidixi]

0. question: #define good developer

The golden triangle:

-precise, "makes it right"

-fast

-cheap

you can choose 2 of those traits