Developers, talk to a VC before a recruitment agency

Couldn't agree more. I work at Thomvest Ventures and almost every portfolio company we have is hiring (a few additional aren't listed because they are in stealth but are about to go into ramp mode). Have quite a few friends working on funded startups who are looking to hire as well.<p>If you know the type of work you want to do, have a list of some of the stuff you have coded/what languages you know, and/or are interested in a specific company we have feel free to shoot me an email and I will try to help out (info is on Nathan's blog).

This is a really good point. Also - as a startup, we typically got better candidates who came through our investors. Certain type of candidate was the one that knew where to look.<p>If you're in Los Angeles / SoCal - talk to Mark Suster at GRP Ventures. He's communicated that just about everyone in his portfolio is hiring.

Great article. We're currently looking for developers in the Ottawa/Montreal area in python if anyone wants to drop me a line!

The other hidden benefit to this is that VCs are usually the only way for stealth mode companies to be hiring.

Some Israeli VCs I know, actually have in-house recruitment agency.

This makes something like Mixtent.com more valuable...since you now have people vouching for developers/companies, you could probably do the same thing for places to work.

if i were acquainted with a VC ... :)