Where do you find specialized developers?
I'm researching this to help out a medium-sized company that works on very specialized and new technology (e.g., Google Glass). There a sort of go-to place if you need something out of the ordinary.
Ideas so far:
- Specialist job sites... but where are they? - Host events for developers (covering the specific technology) - Employee referrals - Telecommute/remote workers - Train developers in (or support learning of) new technology
What else should they be doing?
Does anybody have experience with this?
Do what tobacco companies do: go after them when they are young. Companies are having a difficult time finding developers, supply is lower than demand. This is especially true in the midwest. The company I work for is involved in a lot of programs for recruiting including this one http://www.ucmo.edu/about/mic/. Paid referral programs are huge too.
I personally think remote working is going to gain traction if demand keeps going up, which my guess is that it will.
Specific to Glass development: Android development is a prerequisite for Google Glass development. So instead of going after Glass developers, which has to be a super small amount go after Android developers. If you have trouble finding Android developers, find Java developers.