We tried to recruit an android developer in London, UK.
Absolutely no problem finding candidates but finding one that had done more than 'Android Programming for dummies' type stuff is painful. The majority of people have written a TODO list app and nothing else, not even any other programming of any sort and expect £60-70k. It does make me worry that comp sci education will end up being pushed down this route as it fulfills the UK government's sudden focus on 'programming'.
Also, having done a bit of Android programming, around the TODO type app level, it's a horrible tool chain. Even people we already have don't want to be paid to take training to do it.
Consequentially we contracted our Android front end out to an Indian company in the end who did a decent job for the money. No complaints.
Absolutely no problem finding candidates but finding one that had done more than 'Android Programming for dummies' type stuff is painful. The majority of people have written a TODO list app and nothing else, not even any other programming of any sort and expect £60-70k. It does make me worry that comp sci education will end up being pushed down this route as it fulfills the UK government's sudden focus on 'programming'.
Also, having done a bit of Android programming, around the TODO type app level, it's a horrible tool chain. Even people we already have don't want to be paid to take training to do it.
Consequentially we contracted our Android front end out to an Indian company in the end who did a decent job for the money. No complaints.
Next iteration is Xamarin.