It may sound a bit daunting, but It's a huge challenge to find good react developers these days. Do you have tips where I could start looking?
We're searching for our SaaS company, attached the full specs on /looking-to-partner-up:
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/searching-react-dev-offer-posib-rev-share-remote-team-of-3-experienced-founders-runned-170k-users-saas-for-3-years-b4c3537eab
There are loads of amazing React developers, but since the demand is high, they can command heavy compensations. So the main question is: how much can you pay (in cash or equity)?
In London, a good senior React dev would cost you something like £120K to £160K per year. It is probably cheaper in Germany. The most important thing is to be clear about what you are offering. People don't want to waste time.
The first place to look is through your own network. It's more trustworthy, and you can get people to vouch for you.
If that fails, you can go through job boards, though I haven't seen this working particularly well. You might also go through recruitment agencies. They will charge a fee, and again it's negotiable, dependent on how strong your position is, and how good they are. I've seen fees from 5% to 20%.
Now, looking at the specs, I don't think it's clear what is on offer for the person joining. Are they coming in with equity or with a salary? Then how much?
Thank's Benjamin for your thoughtful comment.
You are right: We did not yet specify the exact details on what we offer to a person that's joining us. In my head, it's much about the level of commitment and degree of experience that someone brings in.
I'll think about a more concrete wording that cuts out most of the guesswork.
Thanks - Tim
Yes, it's important for you to clarify this. As a startup, I would say it's essential to be explicit about what you want. That way you know if your expectations are aligned with the market reality.
Email me if you want some specific advice.
You could try : https://stackoverflow.com/talent/en
By the way where have you looked so far?
We're on budget: seems like you need to pay for the service (stackoverflow)?
I have listed the job on various platforms. The best responses came from here ironically :). Also, Angle List, which worked well in terms of the number of responses we got (I'm not quite sure about the quality yet).
The market reality is that a good full stack React developer with remote experience can earn $300k annually by working for a big but boring company.
So you either need to more clearly point out the monetary benefits of your offer, or you need to have an inspiring paragraph about how you're improving the world so that someone would want to join you for idealistic rather than monetary reasons.
Jep, got the point. We need to be more explicit in what we offer - indeed. Thanks for the feedback!
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Hi Thomas,
appreciate your comment!
Where did you connect to most of current dev. contacts?
I got quite some responses to my post here on IH, will sort stuff through.
However I might get back to your offer.
Thanks, Tim
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