I have been shopping around for a programmer that can work with my team as a supplemental resource. We have lots of work - the day to day type as well as the development type. We have one programmer, a content person, and some other part time help. I would like to dedicate one programmer to day to day stuff, and one programmer to development of a new site.
Previously I had advertised for someone with library experience. I have since revised that requirement. I really think its more important that this person be knowledgable, informed and involved in the drupal community. I need a site that is built well, on a solid drupal foundation.
I have spoken with a few programmers already. Although there have been some great candidates, I am having trouble meeting with those who are outside of N America. I need someone that is within a few hours of my timezone and able to work similar hours. I am in the New York timezone.
Further, we know that we will be using SOPAC and probably SOLR. So library experience is helpful, but really we need a well rounded, experienced, solid drupal programmer to augment our currently available resources.
Our new set of criteria looks more like this:
- we need a programmer available to work 20 to 40 hours a week have
- must have experience building full sites in drupal
- must have experience programming or modifying modules