# How to Find Qualified Developers

DevFeed: [How to Find Qualified Developers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-find-qualified-developers-29505.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/how-to-find-qualified-developers/>)

Published: 2014-01-20T21:51:26Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>)

Tags: [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

The article outlines a recruiting strategy for finding qualified developers, especially front-end engineers. It argues that companies should proactively identify developers through their open-source work on GitHub, focusing on people who have contributed to software used in the company's technology stack.

## Source excerpt

Finding a good developer is hard. People constantly complain about how few qualified applicants they receive. They post their job openings to every known listing. They hire recruiters to scour Linkedin. They do all of this in the hopes that a bigger stack of résumés will yield at least one hire who is up to their standards.