I have no experience in hiring programmers at all, but here's a couple tips based on my experience working at a company, and also family member's experience who

I have no experience in hiring programmers at all, but here's a couple tips based on my experience working at a company, and also family member's experience who is involved in hiring So never ever hire a freelancer until after you've talked to a bunch of their previous clients. Not sure if this is possible though, but if you can, its probably really good I've seen what a non-software engineer hiring freelancer programmers can do to a company. The freelancer can look great on paper, but ultimately be unable to deliver at all, and thus send the company into severe financial catastrophe Granted for a CRUD app its probably not as big of a risk as in the company I was involved in, that had tried previously to do a groundbreaking engineering project Also, when hiring a programmer, probably pay less attention to what they know, and pay more attention to the excitement and enthusiasm in their voice You're probably better off hiring a relatively inexperienced programmer with deep passion for their work, rather than an experienced programmer who's just there for a pay check