In my last node, I mentioned that I've been asked to take on the task of building a replacement portal to help alleviate the monopoly strain on a group of several thousand commercial developers in a very niche market.
60% of their revenue is being skimmed off the top by the web-based software listing site they are all using, and they're frustrated with the abuse, but unfortunately this monopoly represents a good percentage of their sales, so its inevitable that they continue to use it... until something better comes along.
Enter my involvement...
As with any project of that size and scope, picking the right talent to help deliver that vision is vital.
Unfortunately based on recent feature requests, that talent lies beyond my current skillset, so I need to hire a team to help me build it. I need high-quality Perl coders that can crank out efficient, scalable code under some pretty aggressive (but realistic) deadlines. I'll be managing the team of developers and communicating the overall feature list and vision to them.
I've checked Rent-a-Coder and Guru, but there isn't much there that I can use to validate the skills of the coders there (and many of them are going to be 10 timezones away speaking an entirely different language than me, if I hire from there). Language barriers tend to make communicating accurate goals and deliverables very difficult.
These coders may be called upon time and time again (paid well, of course) to add a quick feature or fix a bug as they arise.
What's the best way to hire Perl talent, in a way that doesn't expose the project's goals to the public, and also in a way that guarantees scalable, high-quality, maintainable code? How do you interview a coder you will probably never meet? How can you verify their skills and portfolio? Any insight and ideas you can provide would be helpful.
In reply to Hiring Perl Talent, Hiring Perl Monks by hacker
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