Hey Y’all

I’m looking to build a competitor to Varos benchmarking software but need perspectives/advjce on bringing on/hiring ENG talent (my coding ability is very close to none)

I think you could probably charge less, advertise better, and make a killing or get acquired. This is software that doesn’t need VC funds in my opinion.

I owned a DTC business before my current job, but never had a full time developer on the teams

I’m considering going overseas for talent to build an MVP on the Shopify App Store. So…

Does anyone have general advice for finding undervalued eng talent? What sort of stills should I be looking for? What things should I be avoiding?

  • csj930BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Recruiter background here.

    Here are a few things to consider while I don’t have enough information.

    1. What language does the individual need to know to build this?
    2. You may consider someone full stack and also has the experience building tech from 0-1
    3. You should think whether you want to outsource to a developer team or if you want to hire 1-2 people. If you’re hiring 1-2 people, you should consider someone more senior and can be autonomous rather than someone who needs handholding and a lot of direction. Esp with having no technical/development background it’s going to be hard to communicate the SOW to someone technical to build our your vision.
    4. You could also partner with a staffing firm to help hire talent
  • maga_ot_ozBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hard to give you any advice since you’re non technical. It’s best to reach out to your network and ask them if they know someone who might help you out. I see other people have suggested questions to ask but what matters is how you evaluate them. And since you’re not technical I’m not sure you can evaluate them in the correct way. In my dev/design shop we get clients mostly from referrals from other people we’ve worked with. If you have more specific questions feel free to shoot me a DM, I’d be happy to answer them.