Are there any places you've found particularly effective for advertising? Any other tricks or best practices you've found effective and finding and retaining great developers?
Thanks!
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Are there any places you've found particularly effective for advertising? Any other tricks or best practices you've found effective and finding and retaining great developers?
Thanks!
Even though I haven't really considered pure remote jobs, I have always at least peeked at recruiter mails that come in with an impressive number as an opener.
Might be a very dumb sounding answer but money is usually where it is: Pay well and you will magically have them :) Even though I haven't really considered pure remote jobs, I have always at least peeked at recruiter mails that come in with an impressive number as an opener.
If someone posts a neat article on something that's relevant to your problem space, don't be bashful and reach out to them (same with useful github projects, etc).
Twitter is another one if you've already curated a good base (or your developers/security folks/designers/etc have), just start DMing people who look like they're great and passionate about what they do.
To retain them, pay well and keep work interesting. Most good remote devs are very self-sufficient so don't micromanage but show trust.
I don't have any first-hand knowledge. From what I've read, three main sources are: word-of-mouth, stack overflow, and github.
An Amazon reviews lurker.
Word-of-mouth is huge. Don't expect to get all your great devs at once. Hire a few, do right by them, and they'll help you reach others. Word-of-mouth has been our strongest referral engine yet.
Think about where your devs are most likely to be. Meetups? Conferences? Freelancer communities? Schools? Co-working spaces? Get there or find someone on the ground who can get to them.
A few tips:
(1) Be clear about why your work will be interesting. (2) Set up a process for flexibility (remote devs really value this). (3) Pay well. Mimic benefits in the markets you're hitting (example: if you're targeting Mountain View, consider giving your devs meals at restaurants serving better food than google).
Don't think of remote as a disadvantage (sounds a bit so from your post -- and from you jumping to advertising). Know that remote is seen as an advantage by money devs.
There are also a few remote job boards and twitter accounts but finding great devs within 20 miles or 2000 miles isn't all that different. Have interesting work, great process that doesn't get in the way, pay well, give freedom.