I need a Visual Basic .NET programmer who is more than a programmer! What do I need to look out for while hiring such a programmer?
To get the best out of a virtual VB .NET programmer make sure,
- She has at least 2 years classic Visual Basic experience
- She has 1-2 years Visual Basic .NET experience or schooling (at least some object oriented coding experience)
- If you're looking for ecommerce development then make sure she has some experience in transactional website development process
- She has 1-2 years database driven website creation experience
- She is creative, open-minded and able to add her creativity to make the project better
- You see her portfolio of various projects she has worked on
When you're opting to hire Visual Basic .NET programmers from a development firm, there are certain things you need to keep in mind. A crucial aspect to look for is the quality standard that the company adopts for their processes and employees. Usually, development companies have their own coding standards defined by a governing body in their nation. But if you would want the team to follow the standards prescribed by you, it can work that way as well.
What does dedicated/FTE (Full time equivalent) hiring mean?
- Dedicated Hiring on contract, otherwise also referred to as Full time equivalent (FTE) means that you hire a programmer or a team of programmers on a monthly contract basis. These programmers work for your business full time from our offices on your projects similar to full time staff working for you.
- This typically means a developer will put in 160 hours of time every month working on your assignments. You could have an entire team work for you from IWD or augment your existing staff with the required number of coders from IWD.
Why should I hire your Visual Basic .NET programmers?
- Our Visual Basic .NET programmers are not freelancers; instead they are employees of who will work on your project only. You pay for the work they do and that's it! We'll take care of their work stations, salary and related issues etc.
- All our Visual Basic .NET programmers have extensive industry experience and are well-versed in many aspects of Visual Basic development.
- They are good communicators that have showed consistency in understanding client requirements and applying their technical, analytical and creative skills to come up with business-oriented solutions not just technological solutions.
- When it comes to objective planning our programmers have always displayed excellent entrepreneurial skills and along with their real hands-on programming experience they've impacted many clients' business bottom-line. They're bright, energetic types who keep the organization growing.
What is the pricing/engagement model that you offer?
We offer a monthly rate card for Visual Basic .NET programmers who'll work only on your project and complete the tasks in stipulated time. Hiring programmers on full-time basis is highly flexible as in it can follow any software development life cycle.
You'll be provided with a competent Project / IT manager on his side and your involvement is high. This ensures that your outsourcing venture is highly successful and meets all your business objectives.
This is a least cost option hence you'll have budget predictability and IP ownership. The dedicated team working for you is highly flexible i.e. they can start with any level of expertise on the application. This places a high amount of control in your hands.
How will working with be cheaper than hiring locally?
While it's true that a talented programmer in the US will be in the range mentioned, the actual cost to company for every employee is substantially more. In addition to the salary, every company needs to make other statutory payments for each employee. In addition, for each role, there will be other infrastructure costs such as hardware, software, utility and space costs that get added as overheads.
Thus for a programmer who earns an annual salary of $80,000 the total cost to the company is in excess of $100,000.
In the case of our team, you will not require all services on a continuous basis. In a typical project, the analysis, architecture and design takes up approximately 15% of the time in terms of effort and costs approximately 20% of the total cost, project management takes up approximately 20% of effort and 28% of cost, and development and testing takes the remaining 65% effort and 52% of the cost.
On the whole, a 12 man month project that would take approximately a year for your programmer in the US (costing you about $100,000) can be completed in about 6 months by a team in India, and at an approximate total cost of $40,000.
At IWD you can choose to hire a single .NET programmer or a team depending on your requirements.
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