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So, are you hiring?

• percept 16y ago
  http://spreadsong.com/hiring_on_elance_how_to_get_amazing_people_for_5_more_than_the_awful_ones http://spreadsong.com/hiring_on_elance_how_to_get_amazing_pe...
  • chime 16y ago
    > If you’re from India, it’s important to learn English, but it’s not critical. You can get by on Hindi- you can’t get by on Hungarian or Romanian. I don't think that's true at all. You need to learn English to understand programming manuals, teachers, and reference guides. Effective communication is not required but understanding of the English language is a must.
• maxklein 16y ago
  Actually, you point out a flaw in this model. Hiring has to be very specific - you need people who you can hang around with for a month and they don't drive you crazy with their teeth grinding or something. So my hiring would have to be very careful and would have to lean towards people who are similar in age and interest to the rest of the team.
  • jrnkntl 16y ago
    True. For our startup we experienced the same; we were working with a team of 3 and we could just camp out at one of our houses for a week and do dev'ing during the day and relaxing/drinking in the evenings. When we hired a 4th guy to help out these weeks turned from awesome and productive to a sluggish pita week. He produced great work but hanging around with him in the evenings was more stressing and tiring than all the work together.
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  • smiler 16y ago
    Similar age and interest? You can't discriminate based on age or interest - that's illegal
    • maxklein 16y ago
      I would not put out an ad asking for people to hire, rather I'd work with people on project basis, and if I found one that is a good fit, I'd ask him to join. Would that be illegal also?
      • Psyonic 16y ago
        Seems unlikely. Also, given how small your company is, it'd be nearly impossible for someone to prove you've discriminated based on any particular factor, as opposed to just being selective. Not enough employees to demonstrate a pattern. So I doubt this should even be a concern for you.
    • mrduncan 16y ago
      I assume you're talking about the US (apologies if you aren't) - interest is not a protected class. The following are protected groups: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class Edit: See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_VII#Title_VII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_VII#Title_VII I'll also state the obvious here - I'm not a lawyer and you shouldn't trust legal advice you receive on the internet.
    • petercooper 16y ago
      In the real world, and especially in small companies, people eventually hire people they like and get a good feeling about. You're just not allowed to air your preferences in certain areas or restrict the /chance/ to different people. Behind closed doors, though, nothing is any better than before all these laws. If one didn't want to hire someone with quality "X", is their back-room thinking /really/ going to be entirely non-discriminatory? No chance.
      • _delirium 16y ago
  • j_baker 16y ago
    That's not a lot different from how you'd do hiring for a face-to-face company though.
  • numbchuckskills 16y ago
    yup..definitely an illegal hiring practice (age discrimination); but confirms my suspicion that this is not a totally legitimate company anyways.