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Finding a Freelance Developer
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I am in need of some help and this seems like the right forum for the question.
I work at a small-ish company (13 people) and while it isn't our core business we have recently ended up doing some website and software development for a few clients of ours (being a small business, we do whatever our clients ask within reason). We pulled off these initial projects but we're finding that the person we're working with just isn't that great or easy to work with. That being the case, we're in the market for a freelance web developer with a certain set of skills, but we have no idea how to go about finding one. We used Google searches before and ended up with this guy, but we didn't really have a lot of luck finding good freelancers that way - it was mostly development companies.
My question to you, forum, is this: what is the best way to go about finding a decent freelance web developer? I know that that's a broad category but I figure I can narrow down my search once I know where to look.
Are there websites that people like this use to find work and where one can post projects? I don't know a lot about this but got stuck working on it since, again, small company, so I'm trying to figure out how to locate this type of person.
On a related note, there is an decent chance that we would be needing a full-time developer of the same sort starting in the next month or two for another project we have. It would be a paid position, just like the freelance stuff, but I have no idea where to look for such a person. I can always post to Monster or similar job sites, but is there a better place to look?
Any help or guidance would be great. I know there have to be a ton of people out there looking for this kind of work, I just have no idea how to reach out to them!
Thanks in advance!
I work at a small-ish company (13 people) and while it isn't our core business we have recently ended up doing some website and software development for a few clients of ours (being a small business, we do whatever our clients ask within reason). We pulled off these initial projects but we're finding that the person we're working with just isn't that great or easy to work with. That being the case, we're in the market for a freelance web developer with a certain set of skills, but we have no idea how to go about finding one. We used Google searches before and ended up with this guy, but we didn't really have a lot of luck finding good freelancers that way - it was mostly development companies.
My question to you, forum, is this: what is the best way to go about finding a decent freelance web developer? I know that that's a broad category but I figure I can narrow down my search once I know where to look.
Are there websites that people like this use to find work and where one can post projects? I don't know a lot about this but got stuck working on it since, again, small company, so I'm trying to figure out how to locate this type of person.
On a related note, there is an decent chance that we would be needing a full-time developer of the same sort starting in the next month or two for another project we have. It would be a paid position, just like the freelance stuff, but I have no idea where to look for such a person. I can always post to Monster or similar job sites, but is there a better place to look?
Any help or guidance would be great. I know there have to be a ton of people out there looking for this kind of work, I just have no idea how to reach out to them!
Thanks in advance!
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Smashing Magazine is a web development and design resource I read pretty regularly, and they have a job board section. Might be worth checking it out.
If you're looking to hire someone FT, I would go through sites that focus on IT professionals. Most of our job application activity from developers is based around DICE.
Also, for freelance work, you're best bet is to be very open to telecommuting. If the project is small and siloed to one developer, they can work on moon time for all you care, as long as they are making deliverables (which you shouldn't pay until they can demonstrate anyway).
You should send me the PM first.
Just saying.
I'll PM the two interested people, but thanks for all the pointers to craigslist - I should have thought of that, but it never occurred to me!