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Yes, there is still a developer shortage, at least for certain technologies. I'm in Columbus, Ohio, and its near impossible still to find a local Rails & Backb
by tibbon 14y ago
Yes, there is still a developer shortage, at least for certain technologies.
I'm in Columbus, Ohio, and its near impossible still to find a local Rails & Backbone developer who is looking for work and does a good job. I'm not going to work them to death, and i'd be willing to pay a decent salary.
Friends in NY, Boston, Austin, Chicago and DC have reported similar findings in looking for qualified individuals. These people aren't looking for rockstars, but often just someone who will do the job well.
If you're willing to hire remote, it still isn't always easy to find someone, but it does get much easier comparatively.
- jfarmer 14y agoOne of our summer Dev Bootcamp students moved back to Columbus, Ohio. Shoot me an email at jesse@devbootcamp.com and I'm happy to put you two in touch. :) Can't promise he's what you or anyone you know is looking for in terms of a potential employee, but it might be nice from a community-building standpoint!
- tibbon 14y agoThanks Jesse!
- atomical 14y agoWhat experiences have you had with bad programmers?
- jaggederest 14y agoSo far as I am concerned, if people haven't at least tried out hiring remote, they have no room to complain about shortages. Even if you want someone who speaks english as a first language, you're still closing the door on at least 90% of the population that could contain someone who would work for you and do a great job.
- nandemo 14y ago> Yes, there is still a developer shortage, at least for certain technologies. (...) its near impossible still to find a local Rails & Backbone developer I don't understand this. Why not hire a good programmer and give them few weeks to learn those technologies? Has anyone here hired a programmer who was good but failed at his job because they couldn't learn whatever language fast enough? I mean, I can understand certain companies want people with very specific skills -- say, embedded programming -- that can hit the ground running. And some companies have enough candidates that they can afford to exclude the ones who don't have those skills. But if you talk about shortage then it seems you're not one of those companies.