If you are
having your IT business in USA or in the European Countries, you know how much
you should pay for a PHP developer with minimal knowledge, and if you look for
very talented one, it wages go very high. But with the advancement in web
technology many companies around the world came into the market and start
providing web development and PHP programming services. Especially the
companies from the Asian countries providing such services with a very nominal
cost and is surely unbeatable for you.
Sometimes hiring
PHP and Web developers from companies in India or China can be promising as
they offer you a low cost (sometimes even 1/4rd of your in-house
development cost) and great quality. Developers from these countries are even
more intelligent and skilful. But as the number of such provider companies has
increased surprisingly, you should take enough care while contacting these
companies to hire PHP programmer as lots of inefficient guys are there who
pretend to be expert, but actually the opposite in realty.
If you have a
sound knowledge over PHP programming, then you are already on track while
hiring web developers, but if you are not an expert, it is a risk for you
hiring developers from a company who does not have a good reputation in market
(great references). You must look at the following key points while contacting
such a provider.
Their previous work
knowledge.
The previous work must be verified by contacting the project owners via email or phone.
The previous work must be verified by contacting the project owners via email or phone.
2.
Their communication
skill.
You should communicate with the project manager or the developers directly over phone or chat. Because using Emails and Documents, you will not be able to judge their communication skills always. Without a good communication skill, it will be hard for you to working with the developer you are about to hire.
You should communicate with the project manager or the developers directly over phone or chat. Because using Emails and Documents, you will not be able to judge their communication skills always. Without a good communication skill, it will be hard for you to working with the developer you are about to hire.
3.
Their coding standard
If you are an expert, it
is easy for you to understand what methodology or technology do they use for
programming, but if you are not, then you must look into their coding pattern
and make sure their codes (from previous projects) are well organized, well
written, tidy and well commented. Make sure they are using latest version of
PHP and following Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concept.
4.
Experience and Expertise
of the Manager
You may think it awful to ask the experience of the Manager or CEO while hiring a developer from a company, but it is highly recommended that you do so, because without a good back end support from seniors, the developers may not perform very well. You are hiring a developer, but what if the developer is stuck somewhere and no one else there to help the developer solving the situation? Sometimes the help and suggestions from senior experts are needed.
You may think it awful to ask the experience of the Manager or CEO while hiring a developer from a company, but it is highly recommended that you do so, because without a good back end support from seniors, the developers may not perform very well. You are hiring a developer, but what if the developer is stuck somewhere and no one else there to help the developer solving the situation? Sometimes the help and suggestions from senior experts are needed.
5.
Support of Graphics
Designer
Yes, this is also an key factor. May be you are hiring only one PHP developer, but if the developer is intended to work on a web project then it is obvious that sometimes the developer will need of small graphics and UI elements, like small banner, buttons and etc. It will be helpful if the developer can work out these himself else he should be able to get a support of a graphics designer when needed to maintain uninterrupted development.
Yes, this is also an key factor. May be you are hiring only one PHP developer, but if the developer is intended to work on a web project then it is obvious that sometimes the developer will need of small graphics and UI elements, like small banner, buttons and etc. It will be helpful if the developer can work out these himself else he should be able to get a support of a graphics designer when needed to maintain uninterrupted development.
There are lots
of good companies are there. If you google with “Hire PHP
Developer”, you will find a bunch of websites. Look at all the websites
individually and primarily look at their web pages and how professional and
informative their web pages are. This is the primary task. Gather companies
from at least first 4 or 5 pages from google, spend some time to analyze the
site, sort list few good companies and write them a mail or use contact form on
their website.
