Any other recommendations to landing remote PHP gigs?
[0] http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/tag/php [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7970372
It's a shame that I can't logon stackoverflow via OpenId because my account was connected through there. I was very active on it.
But seriously, why are you limiting yourself to PHP and jQuery? JQuery especially - really odd considering you could easily work with any framework if you have the JS background...
We have several commercial clients that have systems based heavily on PHP that we are supporting and have been having trouble finding qualified PHP talent, so remote is definitely an option for us.
That same goes for everyone else here. We're looking for solid PHP talent and trying to avoid having to outsource overseas for it. I had a job posting up but it just came down recently out of frustration from the lack of quality applicants - I can re-post again.
UPDATE: Position has been re-posted: http://www.netizencorp.com/careers
I'll take a look at the posting; Feel free to stalk me at https://github.com/ckdarby
Are you working on interesting problems? Do you have a great benefits program? Do you have flexible scheduling? Do your client relationships provide your employees interesting perks? Is there an awesome culture of learning and professional development?
If you are looking for quality developers, they likely already have a job, so try to give them reasons why working with you would improve their current situation. They will likely have the "get a job" problem already taken care of.
I can't think of any sentence more designed to turn off quality candidates.
Also, please drop a hint about pay scales.
I'm not knocking entry-level people; we all start there, but when your pool of candidates includes new developers you should expect occasions where their lack of experience is apparent.
Retention could also be a problem in that context because many experienced developers want to work on a product they work hard on and can be proud of. That idea seems to contrast having "several commercial clients", a circumstance which most often translates to speed being prioritized over quality (the inverse of the experienced developer's desire).
> 4-5 years of web development experience
C'mon, man.
I didn't bother applying because, as mentioned by others, I couldn't figure out what you're actually looking for. Are you looking for "qualified PHP talent" or are you looking for a junior-level developer?
Honestly, I read your job posting as "We want a PHP developer that takes orders well (working under the senior dev) but we don't want to pay for it (entry level with 4-5 years experience)."
Maybe I read it wrong but that's how it came across to me. If that's not the case, feel free to get in touch.
Also - in general I've found craigslist to return the best leads. Typically takes at least one meeting in person though.
You can also work through recruiting firms - they often get temp jobs they're happy to intro you too. If you do good on your first job, they'll keep sending you to more.
You can also score some projects on elance, but most of the time I would get good projects from networking. If you can build out MVPs, try going to different tech meetups and see if people are in need of some dev work.
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