Is your software developer any good?

Are you thinking about hiring a software developer to build your system? Here are "8 Things You Ought to Know If You Do Not Know Anything About Hiring a Software Developer". He says:

"I did not come to this industry with a software background. I studied math, physics, business, then finance. But over the past 12 years or so, I have learned quite a bit about how to pick a software… “friend”. So let me share with you 8 things I would want to know if I was starting afresh." (from "8 Things You Ought to Know If You Do Not Know Anything About Hiring a Software Developer")

Can I be your friend?