Vladimir, you should find the open source projects that interest you and work on those, or build plugins for them. Why not volunteer for Rails or Sinatra? Or wr

Vladimir, you should find the open source projects that interest you and work on those, or build plugins for them. Why not volunteer for Rails or Sinatra? Or write Emacs plugins/extensions? Write about your experiences with these systems...blogging and contributing to open source will absolutely get you the contacts you are looking for, without having to resort to working in enterprise for free. While I would personally love the free help, I don't think any ethical entrepreneur here on HN would take free work, and we'd all encourage you to at least charge for what you're doing if it's going to be with a for-profit company.