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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

In between, I got an email from CJ Cenizal asking about this exact issue: I'm growing a social gaming startup, Elevated Games ( elevatedgames.com ) as Founder and CEO. I've Googled, gone through my network, posted to Craigslist, and approached universities, and much like your friend I am having a heck of a time finding developers in LA.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. For me one of the tell tale signs of a real entrepreneur is that they know how to network well enough to find technical talent to join them. What about offshoring? He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.