Where can I find developers to help build a social site?
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http://www.pearsestreet.com/
http://www.megastarmedia.com/index.html
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Go to www.elance.com and do a search for 'social website' in the find professionals search box.
I would suggest looking at other project descriptions first to get odeas for good project descriptions.
When you are ready you simply hit the 'Post Project' button and follow the instructions from there. You'll have to open an account first though.
Once your project goes live you will providers will start bidding on it.
There are lots of these types of projects on elance so you can probably get your site built fairly inexpensively.
When you start getting bids make sure to check out the providers credentials and past job reviews on elance. There is an area where you can read reviews from previous projects and see their overall score.
Elance has an escrow system to make it safe to pay your programmers. You pay them in installments. Never pay the entire amount of the project until it is done and on you server and you are happy with it.
I've built many websites and widgets and have even hired accountants and lawyers through elance. I highly recommend using them for your project.
www.elance.com
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M$If you hire some freelance, or some developer.
Just make sure that he is professional, checkout a bit of his previously done work, and make sure its 100% ok, not with some obvious remaining bugs, (unfinished jobs).
Make sure he KNOWS how to use a technology and/or language, not that he simply CAN.
What are his coding habits, make sure the code is well commented, because if you switch developer it will be hard for the new one to understand the code.
That's for technical skills if you want to make sure he is organized and that code won't be a mess, ask him what Code Versioning system he use (CVS , SVN , HG ...) , how bugs will be tracked ?
If there is approximative or no answer to these questions, it will be hard to work with and follow what's going on, on a serious project.
Because there will always be small bugs etc...
Ask for a quote, check for yourself the quality of the description he will provide.
Don't go fast , take your time with him/her to talk about all the details that should be in the work, otherwise it will be bad surprises...ex : developer will ask more money for unasked features...etc...
That's the best advice i can give as i am myself a developer.
Excuse my english, its because i'm french.
Best.
David.
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Go to http://groups.yahoo.com and search for website developers. There, you can find a lot of resources. Post an announcement and contact the interested participants. You are assured that people in this community have interest in website development.
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http://www.odesk.com/
http://www.elance.com/ (I use this one)
On these sites, your project becomes like an auction and developers will bid on them.
Keep in mind that the quality of these developers is not always the highest. That said, these are the best way to find *excellent* developers as well, you just have to do your homework before you accept a bid.
-Look for developers with quality portfolios and reviews and no history of abandoned projects.
-They will often provide you links to their own websites; check them out (dont trust a 'development company' without a website.
-Call and/or email them before deciding, this does two things: makes sure they are easy to get a hold of, and makes sure you can communicate well (language barriers, etc.).
-Often with cheap bids you get what you pay for, but not always...
Now, from a developers standpoint, be sure you supply them with a *very* descriptive set of requirements, and make your self available during development, as there are sure to be plenty of questions on both ends.
Good luck!
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Think twice if you're ready to bear all the costs of developing and maintaining your custom solution. If you still want something custom I can recommend http://www.elance.com They generally hold people to a higher standard then the competitors and they have an escrow service and arbitration system where parties can "sue" each other for not holding to agreements and get their money back. There's also very popular RentACoder.com. They have escrow/arbitration too but having been once involved in their arbitration process I can tell that it was conducted rather unprofessionally (disclaimer: I won it). As for how to choose a coder... look for people who don't post general or automatic replies like "we can do this" in response to your project posting... look for people with feedback and read what previous customers had to say about the one...
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Thanks. Any examples of good web developer boards?
I frequently visit:
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumindex.php
This one is good too:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
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M$http://forums.htmlcenter.com/servers/4072-help-me-build-social-networking-portal.html
how-find-volunteer-web-developer
http://www.netsquared.org/blog/joesolomon/part-1-how-find-volunteer-web-developer
http://www.rentacoder.com/URLSEO/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest!asp/lngBidRequestId!1021408/b.htm
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http://www.getafreelancer.com/
http://www.freelanceauction.com/
But in my experience, it is best to target a certain country/demographic and join the local developer mailing lists depending on the specialization. There are tons of opportunities out there but it is best to get a feel of the community first before charging in and do direct hire. For projects that involve the hot platforms at the moment (Rails, Grails, etc.), you are most likely to get freelancers in a project basis. Some will try to bill you per hour of work, but before you dive into that, make sure you get to see their portfolio, or even have a professional interview them to check their qualifications. With tools like Skype and IM, its pretty much easier to look for freelancers now.
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Any advice on best practices when reaching out to these developers?
Thanks for your answer.