Its a slow grind using the traditional approaches. The current best developer in my group I hired after a 2.5 year search. I would look for people that have s

Its a slow grind using the traditional approaches. The current best developer in my group I hired after a 2.5 year search. I would look for people that have side projects that are open sourced online. It shows they have a passion for what they do. People who understand core programming concepts but program in a different language are ones I would consider if there are few candidates available in the language you use.