Agree with that, there are numerous factors. If I was you I would not

hire anyone immediately, but rather offer a short term contract so you

can try them out first. Finding the right person for the job is not

easy. Finding the wrong person is *very* easy!

Regarding your question on which schools good developers come from -

none! The best developers come from experience, not schools. You can

hire "normal" developers any time for, as Chris mentioned, both sides of

40k, quite a bit to each side I believe, but the absolutely best ones,

are not available for money alone - they need a specific environment to

thrive. As a fresh startup, you already have one of the possible

ingredients.

I would also ask the question - do you really need the developer to be

in house? Sometimes it's better to benefit from having access to the

people that is right for each part of the job, rather than trying to get

one person to everything. Plus, using the best talents for the different

tasks within the very broad definition "web development", I believe may

be cheaper in the long run as well. Of course there is a bit of overhead

with managing may people rather than one, but if you want the best,

that's what you have to do.

This (finding the right people, following up, making stuff happen,

making sure everyone understands each other, etc.) happens to be exactly

what I do for a living (sorry about the blatant advert).

Ronny.

Chris Powell wrote:

> It can vary on where you are based, what platform you are thinking of

> using, what sort of seniority, whether contract or permanent, and what

> responsibilities amongst other things.  Are they just going to develop

> scripts or will they be working on server-side development?  Are you

> going to offer equity?

>

> A quick search on jobserve (and its equivalents should give you an

> idea).  Having said that, as a rough idea, I hired PHP developers in

> central London either side of £40k/pa last year.  Rates *may* have

> dropped a little since then.

>

>

> Regards

> Chris Powell

> mindyourstreet.com

>

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>> I am trying to cost the hiring of an in-house web developer but am

>> not really sure how much they should be...

>>

>> Also does anyone know of any target schools that good developers

>> generally come from??

>>

>> Thanks!

>>

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