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So I've envisioned a phone app - how to find coder?
I, like many others, have conceptualized a phone app that I think has strong appeal. The next major problem is finding a competent code developer to partner with to make it real. Are there reputable clearing houses for match-ups like this? What resources are there in general for this?
Thanks
- akimc 13y agoHey DonGateley, I recommend you to check on founder2be : http://www.founder2be.com http://www.founder2be.com I'm probably going to Montreal founder2be if you're in Quebec, I can link you to the eventbrite page. You can always look for freelancers too on these websites : https://ooomf.com https://ooomf.com https://www.elance.com https://www.elance.com http://www.freelancer.com http://www.freelancer.com https://www.odesk.com https://www.odesk.com Hope you'll find a co-founder or a freelancer ! A.
- chc 13y agoThere's a monthly thread for freelancers on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310240 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310240 As for vetting the person, it's usually done by looking at what they've made.
- stray 13y agoDo you have money?
- rpedela 13y agoIf you have money, just hire them as a contractor via craigslist. If you need help vetting then I would ask a developer friend to help. If you don't have money, good luck. Most developers will not partner with someone who just has an idea because it usually means they will do the majority of the initial work for something that will most likely fail without any compensation. The exception is a developer friend who really sees the vision.
- ksikka 13y agoIf you have money, the options outlined are pretty good. If you're strapped for cash, I'd encourage you to start building on www.appcubator.com which will get a project going for you for free. Disclaimer, I work at Appcubator.
- captnfullhouse 13y agoI'm an Android developer & can work part time, ping me @ rgh.199@gmail.com if you are interested!
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- DonGateley 13y agoOP here. No real money, just a few good ideas. I'm an engineer and programmer (started designing mainframes at IBM) but long retired from the day to day issues of design and coding, especially distant from modern device programming. Like a barely countable set of such people, I'd like to lure a programmer in with a good idea and the belief that it could be financially worthwhile in the long run. How to do that without being too vulnerable to a hit and run completely escapes me. Y'all have given me some threads to follow, thanks. More specific individual replies coming up. I sure wish ycombinator had a notification option for threads you start or comment in. That would facilitate longer and more productive threads. Am I just missing it?
- xauronx 13y agohttp://hnnotify.com/ http://hnnotify.com/
- DonGateley 13y agoExactly! Thanks.
- neurostimulant 13y agoThe thing is, if you're not a programmer, you'll have a hard time judging the quality of a programmer and may end up hiring incompetent one. Even a newbie freelancer like me have seen it happen quite frequently. I often hired to clean up the mess left by those bad hires (almost all of them was hired by non-programmer). You should try posting the job on curated/specialised marketplace such as http://getlambda.com/ http://getlambda.com/ and http://gun.io/ http://gun.io/ . Your chance of hiring great programmer will be higher there.
- 31reasons 13y agoI was just checking project estimates on gun.io, they don't seem to be any higher than freelancer or odesk (e.g $1000 for an iphone app) especially if they are looking for "expert hackers"
- gspyrou 13y agoYou could check out Mobile Brain Bank http://mobilebrainbank.org/ http://mobilebrainbank.org/ .
- thejulielogan 13y agoLearn to code.