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Re:Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay? by snowbird122 on Saturday June 19, 2010 @10:48AM (#1444718)
Anyone here have advice for those non-technical people who know they need a great programmer on their team?
Re:Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay? by carbocation on Saturday June 19, 2010 @10:53AM (#1444726)
Start becoming technical yourself. You'll begin to learn what 'great programmer' means to you, and will have a much better sense of what type of technical talent you need. I think this is true even if you don't progress very far down the path towards becoming technical -- at least giving it a shot will count dramatically in your favor.
Re:Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay? by Tichy on Saturday June 19, 2010 @02:15PM (#1445069)
Just write what you need into the ad. No requirements for buzzwords.
Re:Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay? by andrewbadera on Saturday June 19, 2010 @10:51AM (#1444722)
Get someone -- a friend, a consultant -- with domain knowledge and preferably hiring experience to help write your listing, screen and interview your candidates. Make sure your qualifications are spot-on, well-targeted and appropriately descriptive.
Re:Ask HN: "Rockstar" job listings, yay or nay? by enneff on Saturday June 19, 2010 @11:16AM (#1444759)
In addition to this good advice, make sure you give some indication of what makes your project interesting _to the programmer_. Only another good programmer can tell you what this is.

If it's not an interesting project, getting a good programmer to jump on it will be hard.