Recommend a reliable web developer for PHP/MySQL?
June 16, 2009 7:53 PM Subscribe
Can anyone recommend a reliable web developer who is well-versed in PHP and MySQL? We have a site that sits on the border of simple and complex, and our current dev is distracted by other projects at the moment and becoming unreliable.
I know this will be shocking for the internet, but we are actually willing to compensate this person appropriately.
I don't want to go the rent-a-coder route because we've done that before without much success. I do not need the person to be in Los Angeles, but I would like them to be in the US so that phone contact isn't a hassle.
The site is well documented and not a mess, but after we got to v1 we got left out in the cold in terms of adding additional features as our developer moved on.
Ideally I'm looking for suggestions of people you've actually worked with successfully. The person I'm imagining actually returns emails and phone calls, and sets reasonable deadlines and then meets them or at least manages expectations.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions, much appreciated.
I know this will be shocking for the internet, but we are actually willing to compensate this person appropriately.
I don't want to go the rent-a-coder route because we've done that before without much success. I do not need the person to be in Los Angeles, but I would like them to be in the US so that phone contact isn't a hassle.
The site is well documented and not a mess, but after we got to v1 we got left out in the cold in terms of adding additional features as our developer moved on.
Ideally I'm looking for suggestions of people you've actually worked with successfully. The person I'm imagining actually returns emails and phone calls, and sets reasonable deadlines and then meets them or at least manages expectations.
Thanks in advance for the suggestions, much appreciated.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Askme really isn't for networking or fishing for contacts. Good luck with the search, but you can't really do this here. -- cortex
Response by poster: I should have noted this in the question. I could certainly do that, or list them in a variety of other online job sites, but then you hear from the people that want the job, not the people who are pleased or displeased with the person that did their job.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
posted by rollo tomassi at 8:02 PM on June 16, 2009
Thanks for the suggestion though!
posted by rollo tomassi at 8:02 PM on June 16, 2009
I have a recommendation: when you hear from the people that want the job, ask them for a portfolio and references; then call the references. Oh, and if you don't like the fact that they chose the references, ask for a list of all the projects they've done recently, and give 'em a call.
Hiring people is tough, I know. You have to really scrutinize the candidate. But here's the rub: you won't solve that little difficulty by going on the internet and asking strangers for a reference. And you certainly won't solve it by blatantly misusing a question/answer site in order to fill a position.
Finally, the fact that you don't want to hear from people who want the job is a sign that you don't know how to screen applicants. A hint: it is possible to screen applicants for a job, even a temp job, carefully; it just takes some attentiveness and the right questions.
Maybe after this question is deleted, you can reformulate it as: “How do I ask the right questions so that I can find out if an applicant for a web developer job is serious and responsive?”
posted by koeselitz at 8:31 PM on June 16, 2009
Hiring people is tough, I know. You have to really scrutinize the candidate. But here's the rub: you won't solve that little difficulty by going on the internet and asking strangers for a reference. And you certainly won't solve it by blatantly misusing a question/answer site in order to fill a position.
Finally, the fact that you don't want to hear from people who want the job is a sign that you don't know how to screen applicants. A hint: it is possible to screen applicants for a job, even a temp job, carefully; it just takes some attentiveness and the right questions.
Maybe after this question is deleted, you can reformulate it as: “How do I ask the right questions so that I can find out if an applicant for a web developer job is serious and responsive?”
posted by koeselitz at 8:31 PM on June 16, 2009
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posted by netbros at 8:00 PM on June 16, 2009