Find someone who codes for a hobby and have them show you a portfolio. Prove they can get things done. Who cares if they leveraged the internet for assistance

Find someone who codes for a hobby and have them show you a portfolio. Prove they can get things done. Who cares if they leveraged the internet for assistance? It's part of getting things done. Who cares if they don't know CS concepts? You're going to review all their code anyway. Most importantly, find someone who you enjoy spending time with and will enjoy investing mentoring hours into. Another approach: break your backlog into piecemeal tasks and hire senior freelancers to do fixed work for fixed costs.