hiring coders from developing countries
russell: If you are not an experienced developer yourself, I recommend against it.  It is too easy to get dragged down by someone who is not good.  Just like here, some are very good and a lot more are terrible.  I have worked with programmers from the Ukraine, India, and China.  The Ukrainians were the best and the Chinese the worst.  The Ukrainians had the best education, practices, and experience.  All were employees of moderately large companies.  Even so when I asked a colleague about hiring Ukrainians he said use an intermediary you trust.