How to Hire a Front-End Web Developer

The following is an email exchange I had with a friend at another company about a year ago. We were talking about the best way to go about hiring a front-end developer, and I was sharing some tips from our hiring process.

“Hi Scott, we are in need of a CSS expert/ninja. Our company has gone through agencies and the whatnot, but the candidates that have come from that route haven’t exactly knocked our socks off. I’m hoping that since this is what you do you might know some people, have some advice, or know some agencies that specialize in this area.”

I’ll tell you how we found Libby, our other CSS rockstar.

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