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Thanks, Steven! This is helpful. In the long term, I need to understand these market rates and get organized in such a fashion that I can be a competitive employer. I'm not running a library... I'm running a non-profit / consortium, and I think that if I want to offer top notch member services I need to work my way toward a model that can sustain top talent. While I listed this as a 1 year job, I have every intention of growing a team I can sustain over time. Any idea might I look to find average salary information? Much thanks for your thoughtful response Best Nate On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 11:17 AM Turner, Steven <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Nate - we have good luck with our CS / EE / MIS student body, we have > hired some very good developers over the years. Perhaps you could work with > a few local colleges/universities to hire student workers, I would contact > the chairs of those departments and explain your dilemma, and they could > probably help you locate / push a want ad to various student listservs, > slack channels, etc. I am finding that it is very, very hard to find/hire > developers for the salary levels most libraries and public institutions can > pay, but that if we pay a bit above normal hourly wages (eg, 12-15/hour) we > can locate and utilize some very, very talented future uber developers. > > Drawbacks are that it’s best to locate and hire sophomores and juniors - > freshman are usually too fresh, and seniors are focused on internships and > projects, and that nice future, high-paying job. Additionally, it takes a > bit of time to train them on your languages and your particular setup, as > well as the project. it’s more documentation-intensive because you have to > achieve continuity between hires, so you need to document the heck out of > what they are doing, and really map your projects well. They also generally > can only work 20 hours or less during a given semester, and it’s also > important to recognize that they are kids, and are in school, so that is > their priority, not your organization or library. > > Despite the caveats, it usually works out well for us, just a bit more > overhead and maintanence than a standard hire.I hope that was informative. > > Steven > > > Steven Turner, MLIS > Manager, Web Technologies and Development, Assistant Professor > > University Libraries > The University of Alabama > 416 Gorgas Library | Box 870266, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0266 > office 205-348-1638 > [log in to unmask] | http://www.lib.ua.edu/ > > > > [cid:[log in to unmask]] > > On Jul 3, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for some advice on other places beyond libraryland where I > might recruit a developer for the new repository service we are developing > at the Metropolitan New York Library Council. > > About a week ago I posted a job for a Digital Repository Developer on the > code4lib job board. > https://jobs.code4lib.org/jobs/34771-digital-repository-developer > When I posted it here, I hit all (or most) of the other usual or > appropriate spots... web4lib, lita, drupal4lib, etc. And yay, I do indeed > have some resumes already, so *thank you* to those communities! > > I wonder though: does anyone on the list have experience (good or bad) or > stories to share about recruiting from other places outside our immediate > professional circles... CS programs, code schools, etc? I'm really > committed to putting in the time and energy to scour the earth to find the > right fit and to build a happy, healthy team for this initiative. > > Thanks for your thoughts- > > -- > Nate Hill > natehill.net > > -- Nate Hill natehill.net