Find people and train them to your requirements. Low level positions let you assess who has the raw talent and cultural fit for your business. Invest in devel

Find people and train them to your requirements. Low level positions let you assess who has the raw talent and cultural fit for your business. Invest in developing people. Hiring a hotshot developer instead of training one is getting a solution from your vendor vs. building it yourself. Go to local colleges, 4 or even 2 year schools, there are probably several near you with a CS programme. Meet teachers, and have them recommend students. Hire the good programmers, the talented ones who lack experience, as interns or entry level developers, and teach them javascript if you have to. Weed out the ones who don't have the raw ability or personality you want. The ones who do, keep training. They don't have to replace the high calibre developer search, but they can supplement that process and some of them will eventually be high calibre. But if someone doesn't trains good developers in work environments or something similar, there won't ever be enough.