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