> If you gave me a pile of resumes, and told me I had to hire one of the developers in the pile, the first thing I would do is schedule a party and invite all t

> If you gave me a pile of resumes, and told me I had to hire one of the developers in the pile, the first thing I would do is schedule a party and invite all the developers on that list. This is what you need to do. ... At Levo League we had (and we still have) the developer potluck, which was a monthly event where we all drank wine, ate each other’s food, and discussed thigns [sic] that were important to us. Find a way to promote developer fellowship and then they will come. A lot of good developers (or testers or whatever) will see no appeal in that sort of thing, and it doesn't mean that they're bad developers or unpleasant to work with. Maybe they're busy. Maybe parties make them uncomfortable. Maybe they're perfectly sociable but prefer to spend their free time with people of more diverse backgrounds and interests than other developers.