Building a Distributed Software Development Team with Brad Touesnard – WPCAST036

This week, Brad Touesnard joins us to discuss hiring developers, building and managing a distributed team, and more.

The Core

• Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains
  • WP Migrate DB Pro – for migrating WordPress databases, for freelance developers and agencies
  • Apply Filters – WordPress development podcast, discussing what they’re working on and their challenges
  • Big Snow Tiny Conf – ski getaway and conference for web business founders
• Hiring developers, from a developer standpoint
  • Having another developer improves code quality, and allows you to focus on user experience
  • Uses Authentic Jobs for finding developers
  • Prefers to do interviews via instant message
  • Now gives them access to current codebase and issues, as opposed to independent test projects
  • Developers in New Zealand, UK, Canada
  • Difficult to communicate in real-time, but can offer 24 hour support
• Tools: Trello, Slack, GitHub, HelpScout
• Twitter: @bradt