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Fourth, be open to remote workers. Remote work has some downsides but there are a lot of skilled developers that don't want to live in the valley or SF. Many of
by cageface 12y ago
Fourth, be open to remote workers. Remote work has some downsides but there are a lot of skilled developers that don't want to live in the valley or SF. Many of us are even willing to work at a discount relative to SF rates.
- vinceguidry 12y agoEh, your business requirements are your business requirements. Work from home isn't something you can just implement in a day. You have to build your entire dev process around it. We're hiring for an entry-level Rails coder right now, our company culture just won't allow for remote. That may change in the future, but I'm not sure, even as the lead developer. Eventually we might start outsourcing some dev work, but I can't see us offering someone full-time salary and benefits to a remote worker. We're just not set up for it. I could demand work-from-home days if I really wanted to, but I don't. I like going in to the office.
- cageface 12y agoThat's a perfectly legitimate call to make, as long as you acknowledge the tradeoffs of excluding a lot of potentially qualified people.