Ask HN: How do you find affordable but capable remote developers?
I've finally gotten my business to the point that I NEED to hire on at least one subcontractor to take over some of the development work on my plate.
My first thought was to hire out of the Philippines, as I'd heard from a couple of online business bloggers I know that there are a lot of very capable folk willing to work for what amounts to a large sum for them but a small one for me.
I'm just concerned, I guess, about hiring anyone, much less a foreign worker, for no other reason than I'm scared to "let go" as it were and trust ANYONE.
To that end, I need to find someone capable in PHP -- most of my projects are currently built on a "custom" codebase (all my spaghetti code from 10 years of work) as I'd gotten too busy to keep up with the latest frameworks and such. I would LIKE, however, to get someone who can work with me to transition to Laravel/Symfony (I'm not ready to go to Rails/Node, I don't think).
Anyone have advice for where/how to find quality developers that fit the bill? I can't quite afford to hire at American full-time rates, but I need full-time work. May be crappy of me, but there it is -- I'm in that weird limbo that I MUST get out of.
Thanks a million!