Step 1: Finding Great Developers
First discuss with others in your organization the main attributes you are looking for-whiteboard the "spec," in other words. Be clear about the type of person you want and the skills required to do the job. For example, we at TMS look to hire developers. Not coders, not programmers. Developers, in our vocabulary, don't just write code or simply program someone else's technical design-coders and programmers do that. Developers are able to develop the designs and architectures needed for themselves or other programmers. They never hack code; they think about the code's structure and form first, and then write it down. Developers can test and have broad development skills. Now please don't get fired up if you call yourself a coder or a programmer and disagree with the definitions of these terms. They're simply the definitions we use at TMS. That's all, so please don't be offended!