Great post. In regards to paying programmers, many people I know have hired programmers from Asian countries to do cheap work for their site.

Top-notch info, thanks for this! :)

Thanks for the tips.

Always insist that your programmer documents the code well (using comments within the code itself). That will make it much easier on the next person who has to touch it. Some shady programmers won't do any documentation, for "job security" purposes.

it's so hard to find a good programer, i had really luck and found good freelancers from third-country who made my site for good price, but it's hard cause you do not know the people before you hire them

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Will definitly come back to read it again!

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Very interesting reading and thank you.

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Interesting read, thankyou:)

This is HUGE man, thanks!

Good post. However, I think that programmers are really tough to keep no matter what...unless he's a super close friend. Throughout my whole time living and breathing online, I just had ONE programmer that stayed the course.

You made good points though. Thank you!

Thanks for the post, this has been very helpfully.

Hi Varius! Great article and I wish I had read it eighteen years ago when I started. :)
You were one of the one or two excellent reliable and professional programmers I've ever hired and known.

I've had arguments with programmers about documenting code before. It goes something like "Why should I do this extra work and make it easier for whoever replaces me?" then "Do you want me to do this work or not?" at which point the answer should always be ..not, thanks but no thanks.

Unfortunately it is often the case when hiring a programmer one is in a jam of some sort or up against a deadline and there's a shortage of competent programmers to hire or that one could afford. So it's never good to do business or anything in life from a position of desperation.

Thing is most reliable, professional and competent programmers already are employed in large companies and those who are not either booked up for six months ahead of time or charge what seems a lot of money!

I say seems a lot of money because the hourly rate is really less important than their ability to get the job done right so you don't have to redo it or spend more fixing their work. There's nothing so expensive in my experience as "cheap programming".

Anyways I say please document the code to explain what it is your code is doing because that's the right way to do the job and if you have a problem doing so let me know and I'll find someone else thank you.

I hope you're doing well my old friend!
Go Ducks! :)
Joe S.

Always one of my biggest problems. Good info.

You'd be amazed how often coders fail something like fizzbuzz test.

If you post an ad, I say include a simple piece of code when emailing you.

Such as:
[*] Provide code that prints prime numbers between 0-1000 that don't include the number 3.

It's a good way to filter applicants. If they can't follow directions, move on.

thanks for this interesting guide!

I've been looking to hire someone and this post makes it that much easier I appreciate your posts as do many others!

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great tips in this thread, thanks.