Hi, I’m Brian

I work at mirRoR, where we connect startups with agile Rails developers.

We started as Rails programmers ourselves (and are currently working on a few web, social, and mobile apps). This background and network help us identify quality candidates within the Rails community.

Ruby on Rails is our one and ONLY specialty—it's all we know, love, and do.

Since we started using Rails in late 2005, we've really enjoyed the framework's agility and adaptability. It has helped us make some nifty web apps, and introduced us to exciting startups and developers.

In fact, we built a custom CRM system in Rails where we track the 5,000+ members of the Rails community we've interacted and collaborated with over the years.

If you're looking to hire Rails developers, we'd love to help. Since we don't have a traditional recruiting background, here are some things you should know about us that we do differently:

• No blind resumes/candidates. This just makes sense. We do business with people we trust. It's never efficient to hide the identity of candidates, especially when that identity can add context and connections that help in a candidate evaluation.
• No hidden opportunities for candidates. Ditto. We are entirely open with our developers about the opportunities we represent. How else to gauge their level of aptitude and interest in an opportunity?
• We never use Monster, Dice, etc. The best Rails candidates aren't there, so why should we be?
• We won't send you many candidates. A few initially, then maybe 1-2 more, based on your feedback if those aren't fits. Too many recruiters send employers a plethora of resumes, hoping to find one that sticks. We think that's unhelpful to the process.
• We can be as involved or uninvolved as you want. Some of our clients want us to handle all candidate interaction outside of the interview, including technical evaluation, salary negotiation, and offer execution. Others prefer that we disappear once an introduction has been made. Either, or anything in between, has worked and is fine.
• We're expensive, but use some flexible payment options. Our service has considerably more overhead than traditional recruiting, so we'll likely be on the high end of contingency fees you'll see (we believe this is worth it for the right developer). However, we have a variety of payment options that rarely makes cost a determining factor in our engagements.

I'd be eager to briefly discuss where you are in the process and see if there is a potential fit.

Let’s chat!

Brian Mariani