10 little known ways to find a ruby on rails team for your next project

12 Nov 2009

Developers, Tools posted by kapil

Everytime we talk to our clients, we find that they are not aware of lot of options through which they can find a good rails developer. Usually clients go to odesk and other freelance websites to find rails developers. Following are 10 more ways to find rails company/developer for your next dream project :

Post your requirements on twitter with hashtag #ruby #ror #rails
Go to Railsdevelopment.com - its a directory of rails companies. You can search for specific services with your budget ranges.
Working with Rails – Again a directory of rails developers and companies. You can browse through specific industry categories.
Local Ruby Meetups – The most passionate guys are always there in local meetups. For eg: we have delhi ruby meetups and you can find all local meetups in australia here
RubyJobs – Post a job on rubyjobs or rubyinside job board. There are some country specific ruby job boards.
RubyonRails wiki – There is a wiki of ruby on rails companies.
Open Source Contributions – Sites like http://agilewebdevelopment.com/ gives you a directory of rails plugins. Open Source contributions such as releasing a Rails plugin, or fixing bugs on projects , or Rails itself, demonstrates exposure to other Rails code bases and quality of a developer. Search for developer name in github.
Conferences – Conferences are good way to find quality rails developer or team.
Facebook – Few people post jobs on facebook.

Few tips :

Don’t hire someone that doesn’t know Rails at all. Yes, we have seen some people doing it.
Ask for references of previous clients if possible in your country.
Look for someone who values the money you are paying them and will make your investment in them provide a valuable return.
A personal Rails blog is a good indicator of developer’s interests , experience and resume.

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