Coding Cupboard helps businesses find affordable digital talent by connecting them with young coders looking for work experience. It has become difficult for businesses, especially small-to-medium enterprises and startups, to find developers due to high demand and larger companies recruiting most technical talent. The document provides tips for finding a coder either online by connecting with students and using popular jobs boards, or offline by attending events where developers will be. It also outlines what details to provide and questions to ask potential candidates to evaluate their skills and determine if they are a good fit for a project.

1. How to find a developerHow to find a developer

2. Who am I?Who am I?
Adam Ball (@AdamJBall)
I run two awesome startups called
Coding Cupboard & Concept Cupboard
Computer Science & Business Grad
(Sorry, I’ve got a full time job!)
An accidental entrepreneur

3. What is Coding Cupboard?What is Coding Cupboard?

4. What is Coding Cupboard?What is Coding Cupboard?
We help businesses to source digital talent
more affordably.
Whilst at the same time helping young coders
to find work, build a portfolio & get paid for it.

5. Why is it so hard to find a developer?Why is it so hard to find a developer?
Simply not enough coders to
meet demand.
Big corporates & other
industries swallow up
technical talent.
Making it really hard for SMEs
& non-VC backed startups.

6. How do I find a unicorn?How do I find a unicorn?

7. How to find a unicorn onlineHow to find a unicorn online
Connect with students
Great startup community
Popular jobs board

8. How to find a unicorn offlineHow to find a unicorn offline
Go to the events where developers will be!

9. What to do when you do find a coderWhat to do when you do find a coder
Ask for a portfolio of previous work
Specifically examples relevant to your project

10. What to do when you do find a coderWhat to do when you do find a coder
Clearly state what you need
Website example:
Functionality
-What does the website need to do? Does it need to
handle user registration and transactions?
How does it look
-May need a designer for this (hint: Concept
Cupboard)
When do you need it / what is your budget?

11. What to do when you do find a coderWhat to do when you do find a coder
Why should they
work with you?
What can you offer?
Competitive salary?
Equity?
Interesting project to
work on technically?

12. What to do when you do find a coderWhat to do when you do find a coder
Sell your vision
Why are you passionate about what you do?
The best entrepreneurs are storytellers

13. … and what to do if you don’t find one… and what to do if you don’t find one

14. Learn to codeLearn to code
learn.codingcupboard.com

15. Thanks!Thanks!
www.codingcupboard.com
@AdamJBall
adam@codingcupboard.com