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Programmer Competency Matrix

www.starling-software.com

Software Engineering. Knowledge of distributed VCS systems. Code organization at a physical level closely matches design and looking at file names and folder distribution provides insights into design. Reads tech/programming/software engineering blogs and listens to podcasts regularly.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. It's my perspective as well and I'm not a software engineer let alone a rockstar. Sooner or later, using PHP or RoR or.Net or some Java framework, that 0.5x

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. Dont go C or Java, python is good for prototyping and easier to learn. This is great info.