The obvious first choice for advice is Joel Spolsky's excellent writing on recruitment. Whaddaya Mean, You Can't Find Programmers?: http://joelonsoftware.com/a

The obvious first choice for advice is Joel Spolsky's excellent writing on recruitment. Whaddaya Mean, You Can't Find Programmers?: http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000050.html http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000050.html Finding Great Developers: http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDevelopers.html http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDevelopers.ht... There's a lot of crossover between the Stack Overflow and Hacker News communities, so Stack Overflow Careers might be a good place to look for actual candidates.