Tanya Talmatic

How to hire a programmer if you are not a programmer

Hiring a developer without an understanding of the IT sphere is a nightmare for any humanitarian. How to professionally evaluate a specialist? I suggest teaching a couple of languages. Will you finish the extremely fast full-stack specialization intensive?

Usually, such a problem is common for large IT companies: the internal personnel already has experience in hiring unity 3d developer. But everything is much more complicated here if we are talking about a startup.

First, decide if you need a full-time specialist or can get by with one freelancer. If you still do not have a clear vision of your project and are in the process of generating ideas, your specialist may have nothing to do in a couple of months.

You can start the search if you have decided that you need exactly what you need.

Startups do not have cool team leaders to train newbies quickly, so you need to hire an experienced developer - with at least three years of experience. It would be great if he had already worked in large companies. By the way, if you need only one specialist, pay attention to full-stack programmers who know and understand all stages of development well and own the entire stack of web programming technologies.

How to correctly make a vacancy?

A young and dynamically developing company, a friendly team, a market leader - forget about such formulations once and for all. No one wants to waste time reading your watery text to the end and trying to understand what you are offering.

And developers are serious people who need specifics, clarity, and full transparency

The developer vacancy should be written in such a way that after the first reading, it becomes clear to the applicant what projects he will be involved in, what technology stack is used, what are the values in the company, how much will you pay, is there an opportunity for growth and training, and also why he should want to work with you.