The antidote to this is a well formulated requirements document. If you can define precisely what you want, then you will have much more hope in recruiting dev

The antidote to this is a well formulated requirements document. If you can define precisely what you want, then you will have much more hope in recruiting developers. Why? 1. The lack of ambiguity of the scope gives developers the opportunity to determine their costs with some accuracy. 2. The requirements define the benefits of the project. Either the developers are convinced your logic is correct, and therefore will make money, or they do not. The former lot are those that you can convince.