On 22 Apr 2010, at 13:04, Ashley Moran wrote: > There's a bigger problem here, that the network of developers is not linked > very well with the network of people who want our services. Don't fancy > tackling that as a side project do you? ;)
This old chestnut... A couple of years ago I planned to set up an "alternative" recruitment agency that was run entirely by people who work in the industry in positions similar to ones they're helping to place. It meant that clients would have an initial conversation with people who understood the role (and culture), and the candidates would not be able to get away with a flaky buzzword-packed CV so only people who are respected by peers would get to go forward for consideration. In the end, I got tied up with other stuff, but maybe I'll revisit that and other possibilities. I know Jamie (ex-Engine Yard) did something around changing the recruitment consultancy landscape, and there are a couple of agencies who are more clued up than others in Rails in particular. Will need to go and look at the state of the market. The reality is though, there are plenty of sites out there to find us directly (and I've had work from workingwithrails.com before), so there is something else going on here. I've noticed plenty of people looking for devs out there, but seem to think a senior RoR dev is only worth $10-$15/hour. Insane. Might just be time to move onto something else.... -- Paul Robinson http://vagueware.com :: [email protected] :: +44 (0) 7740 465746 Vagueware Limited is registered in England/Wales, number 05700421 Registered Office: 3 Tivoli Place, Ilkley, W. Yorkshire, LS29 8SU Correspondence: 13 Crossland Road, Manchester, M21 9DU -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
