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Ask HN: From where do you hire remote developers?

11 pointsavinassh11 comments

I am curious, to know from what all sources you find remote developers for your company/start ups.

I know about monthly 'Who is hiring' thread, so I am looking for other sources, if any. So where do you post?

If you're willing/able to chop the work into tiny digestable chunks then Odesk.com or Elance.com might be a good fit. The downside is that sometimes it takes longer to explain what you need done than it would be to just do it yourself.

I've outsourced to a number of agencies, but typically they find you, not the other way around (just check your LinkedIn inbox).

Angellist (angel.co) and Careers.stackoverflow.com are two places worth sifting through. Typically pretty high-caliber devs.

And of course there is the Craigslist gigs section...sigh... which is actually a good place to list a hiring ad if you're looking for outsource teams, because 95% of the responses you receive will be from overseas.

We've interviewed a number of quality candidates that replied to our post on WeWorkRemotely.

Hi, I'm working on a jobs board website project. Do you have any pain point to share?

edit: better question.

Actually my experience with WeWorkRemotely was my favorite of all the jobs boards I've used. They carved out a specific niche and do it well. The other ones try to be everything to everyone, and always seem to fail.

Regarding remote job postings - make it clear if this is US-only remote or world-wide.

Also - please make sure that it is easy to search for terms like "C++" and "Go".

Regarding locations, it should be easy to search for "Remote" AND "C++" AND "Europe".

Hire freelancers on a monthly retainer, or look for agencies who work for hire

We've found great developers on oDesk.

we use hasgeeks for most of the req.

I find work on gun.io

oDesk

Freelancer.com

Elance.com

odesk.com

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