Ask HN: Where to find remote PHP jobs?

I was wondering where the Freelancing thread was for this month, I missed the bus on it I guess.

It's a shame that I can't logon stackoverflow via OpenId because my account was connected through there. I was very active on it.

I can't ever seem to get replies on gun.io. Not sure what they are looking for but it was frustrating experience

Interesting, I figured the position would be a easy fill.

I'll take a look at the posting; Feel free to stalk me at https://github.com/ckdarby

If I might give a bit of advice about finding some better talent. Your listing doesn't list any reasons why someone might choose to work with you. You have the listed requirements that they must have, but there isn't anything in there that would convince me to send you a resume.

Are you working on interesting problems? Do you have a great benefits program? Do you have flexible scheduling? Do your client relationships provide your employees interesting perks? Is there an awesome culture of learning and professional development?

If you are looking for quality developers, they likely already have a job, so try to give them reasons why working with you would improve their current situation. They will likely have the "get a job" problem already taken care of.

Your job description has this line "The candidate will work under the guidance of a senior web developer who will assign and monitor their development tasks."

I can't think of any sentence more designed to turn off quality candidates.

Also, please drop a hint about pay scales.

There is a good chance your problem finding qualified PHP talent is that your job posting is for entry/mid-level developers.

I'm not knocking entry-level people; we all start there, but when your pool of candidates includes new developers you should expect occasions where their lack of experience is apparent.

Retention could also be a problem in that context because many experienced developers want to work on a product they work hard on and can be proud of. That idea seems to contrast having "several commercial clients", a circumstance which most often translates to speed being prioritized over quality (the inverse of the experienced developer's desire).

> Entry Level

> 4-5 years of web development experience

C'mon, man.

I'm currently looking and believe I came across this job posting.

I didn't bother applying because, as mentioned by others, I couldn't figure out what you're actually looking for. Are you looking for "qualified PHP talent" or are you looking for a junior-level developer?

Honestly, I read your job posting as "We want a PHP developer that takes orders well (working under the senior dev) but we don't want to pay for it (entry level with 4-5 years experience)."

Maybe I read it wrong but that's how it came across to me. If that's not the case, feel free to get in touch.

You should really pay attention to the replies to your comment. I have 14 years of development experience and would never apply for this position because I can tell you right now that you're paying well below market. If that's NOT the case, I'd recommend you drop the "Entry/Mid" prefix and add what you're asking for: "Qualified". But expect to pay for it.

hey I tried to send you a message on your site but it says error occurred when I click send.

Couldn't find an email address in your profile. I left my portfolio website and at the bottom there is my email address.

http://appsonify.com

This is definitely true. We're always on the lookout for Drupal devs, although we don't hire remote workers.

honestly I have jQuery experience but not so much Backbone.js or Angularjs experience which seems to be the norm. I have used Meteor.js but then it's not much of a demand than the other two

Are other frameworks really that popular? I was assuming AngularJS was still a niche (outside of HN)?