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On 11 December 2011 02:47, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fantasy Shopper, came to my attention as they were complaining about > local IT recruitment.... > > http://gigaom.com/2011/11/11/fantasy-shopper-scores-100000-amazon-prize/ Let me guess (without reading the article).. they're finding they cant get senior web devs with 5 or more years PHP in a remote mostly-rural region with poor transport links and for a salary less than you'd get serving coffee in starbucks in london? I've little sympathy - we've built headforwards from 3 developers in April (0 in march) to 10 developers when our last new join (as in we've filled all our vacancies, without dropping our requirements) in january. Recruiting decent talent is tricky but if you offer enough salary, and make a point of selling the location (in our case Pool in Cornwall) then you can still do it. Cheers, A. -- Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq