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Ask HN: Where to find remote PHP jobs?
49 points by notastartup on July 14, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 34 comments
I've been developing with PHP/MySQL/Apache/Jquery stack since 2009. I'm looking to get some more clients, particularly to work on LAMP stack type of projects. So far I've tried craigslist, reddit but I find it tough to find remote based projects other than one time gigs (which I'd still be okay with if they were at least 4+ weeks worth of work).

Any other recommendations to landing remote PHP gigs?




Have you looked at Stack Overflow Careers 2.0, specifically for jobs tagged with php [0]? Quite a few of the listings are for part-time positions, if you want something steady but not full-time. Do you check out the monthly Freelancing post on HN [1]?

[0] http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/tag/php [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7970372


I was wondering where the Freelancing thread was for this month, I missed the bus on it I guess.

It's a shame that I can't logon stackoverflow via OpenId because my account was connected through there. I was very active on it.


2006

But seriously, why are you limiting yourself to PHP and jQuery? JQuery especially - really odd considering you could easily work with any framework if you have the JS background...


Are other frameworks really that popular? I was assuming AngularJS was still a niche (outside of HN)?


honestly I have jQuery experience but not so much Backbone.js or Angularjs experience which seems to be the norm. I have used Meteor.js but then it's not much of a demand than the other two


I've been told by some of our devs here that there are more Drupal jobs than Drupal developers if that's your kind of thing.


This is definitely true. We're always on the lookout for Drupal devs, although we don't hire remote workers.


May I ask where you are located? Just curious. Edit: looking to move from my current city.


I currently live in Colorado and judging by the 3000 people that showed up the the Denver DrupalCon, you should be able to find work here.


Hey, thanks for the info! Where I am in Michigan things are still looking a bit shaky, and I'm tired of waiting!


We're hiring - send us a message: http://www.NetizenCorp.com

We have several commercial clients that have systems based heavily on PHP that we are supporting and have been having trouble finding qualified PHP talent, so remote is definitely an option for us.

That same goes for everyone else here. We're looking for solid PHP talent and trying to avoid having to outsource overseas for it. I had a job posting up but it just came down recently out of frustration from the lack of quality applicants - I can re-post again.

UPDATE: Position has been re-posted: http://www.netizencorp.com/careers


If I might give a bit of advice about finding some better talent. Your listing doesn't list any reasons why someone might choose to work with you. You have the listed requirements that they must have, but there isn't anything in there that would convince me to send you a resume.

Are you working on interesting problems? Do you have a great benefits program? Do you have flexible scheduling? Do your client relationships provide your employees interesting perks? Is there an awesome culture of learning and professional development?

If you are looking for quality developers, they likely already have a job, so try to give them reasons why working with you would improve their current situation. They will likely have the "get a job" problem already taken care of.


There is a good chance your problem finding qualified PHP talent is that your job posting is for entry/mid-level developers.

I'm not knocking entry-level people; we all start there, but when your pool of candidates includes new developers you should expect occasions where their lack of experience is apparent.

Retention could also be a problem in that context because many experienced developers want to work on a product they work hard on and can be proud of. That idea seems to contrast having "several commercial clients", a circumstance which most often translates to speed being prioritized over quality (the inverse of the experienced developer's desire).


I'm currently looking and believe I came across this job posting.

I didn't bother applying because, as mentioned by others, I couldn't figure out what you're actually looking for. Are you looking for "qualified PHP talent" or are you looking for a junior-level developer?

Honestly, I read your job posting as "We want a PHP developer that takes orders well (working under the senior dev) but we don't want to pay for it (entry level with 4-5 years experience)."

Maybe I read it wrong but that's how it came across to me. If that's not the case, feel free to get in touch.


You should really pay attention to the replies to your comment. I have 14 years of development experience and would never apply for this position because I can tell you right now that you're paying well below market. If that's NOT the case, I'd recommend you drop the "Entry/Mid" prefix and add what you're asking for: "Qualified". But expect to pay for it.


> Entry Level

> 4-5 years of web development experience

C'mon, man.


A common problem with PHP jobs is Entry Level salary for devs with 4-5 years of web development experience. That could be keeping the qualified candidates away.


Your job description has this line "The candidate will work under the guidance of a senior web developer who will assign and monitor their development tasks."

I can't think of any sentence more designed to turn off quality candidates.

Also, please drop a hint about pay scales.


Sounds fair enough for a junior to intermediate job. After 5 years I would guess the OP is an intermediate programmer.


Interesting, I figured the position would be a easy fill.

I'll take a look at the posting; Feel free to stalk me at https://github.com/ckdarby


hey I tried to send you a message on your site but it says error occurred when I click send.


Jobmote has a curated selection of PHP jobs published elsewhere: http://jobmote.com/tag/php


Shoot me an email - I have a long-term client I need to hand over. Email in profile.

Also - in general I've found craigslist to return the best leads. Typically takes at least one meeting in person though.

You can also work through recruiting firms - they often get temp jobs they're happy to intro you too. If you do good on your first job, they'll keep sending you to more.


Elance and Odesk is where I started w/same stack. Strive for 5.0/5.0 reviews and leverage those into more expensive work.


I've had some success through https://gun.io/.

You can also score some projects on elance, but most of the time I would get good projects from networking. If you can build out MVPs, try going to different tech meetups and see if people are in need of some dev work.


I can't ever seem to get replies on gun.io. Not sure what they are looking for but it was frustrating experience


In Sacramento, I've had success landing long-term PHP contract gigs by placing on Craigslist a well-designed Markdown resume rendered to HTML, with links in the top section to other formats (PDF, Markdown source, lowest common denominator plaintext) along with links to my GitHub page and my oDesk profile.


Have you looked at LanceList.com? They list all the useful, curated freelance services. http://www.lancelist.com/#curated

YunoJuno Toptal Matchist Gun.io OnSite Crew WorkMob 10x Management


With those skillsets you'd make for a ninja-like WordPress developer. I could give you work all the time especially with low-level knowledge as well as being able to work with front end designers.


Couldn't find an email address in your profile. I left my portfolio website and at the bottom there is my email address.

http://appsonify.com


try freelancer.com there are millions of php projects, sometimes they hire for the long term projects, and there is more like freelancer.com like odesk.com elance.com etc...


Jobmote.com

Stackoverflow remote jobs

Angelist remote jobs

weworkremotely.com

authenticjobs.com


https://www.wfh.io


phpclasses.org/jobs

weworkremotely.com

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