David seems to have put the cart in front of the horse and needs to very quickly find some top-notch programming talent. David should email me, and I can put him in touch with some excellent developers in the SF bay area. The guys I will recommend to you are Real Programmers (Hackers) [1] [2] each of whom has a wide background, from systems software to web apps. (As opposed to people who have not written much real software and who have only picked up the art from a "Teach Yourself Web Development in 24 Picoseconds!" book. [3])
You can also try attending local events and trying to meet people, e.g. at Lunch 2.0s and Super Happy Dev House (shdh.org). The problem with this approach is that since you do not have a technical background, you'll have a hard time distinguishing competent people from people who are able to just talk well and promote themselves. You want to work with someone who can communicate well, but you don't want to get stuck with someone who can only communicate well but can't code worth crap.
N.B. If your idea sucks, you're not going to get good people to work with you.
Also... why is there no contact info in your profile? If someone here wanted to get in touch with you to work with you, they'd look in your profile for an email address.
David seems to have put the cart in front of the horse and needs to very quickly find some top-notch programming talent.
It would be nice to find top notch programming talent quickly, but I am not going to rush this decision. I need to make sure this person[s] has integrity, good energy, is in a position both mentally and financially to do a startup, and above all if we enjoy each other.
I will email you to get in touch with the developers you know
My email is dbosson@gmail.com if anyone else want to get together.
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David seems to have put the cart in front of the horse and needs to very quickly find some top-notch programming talent. David should email me, and I can put him in touch with some excellent developers in the SF bay area. The guys I will recommend to you are Real Programmers (Hackers) [1] [2] each of whom has a wide background, from systems software to web apps. (As opposed to people who have not written much real software and who have only picked up the art from a "Teach Yourself Web Development in 24 Picoseconds!" book. [3])
You can also try attending local events and trying to meet people, e.g. at Lunch 2.0s and Super Happy Dev House (shdh.org). The problem with this approach is that since you do not have a technical background, you'll have a hard time distinguishing competent people from people who are able to just talk well and promote themselves. You want to work with someone who can communicate well, but you don't want to get stuck with someone who can only communicate well but can't code worth crap.
N.B. If your idea sucks, you're not going to get good people to work with you.
Also... why is there no contact info in your profile? If someone here wanted to get in touch with you to work with you, they'd look in your profile for an email address.
1. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/hacker.html
2. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is
3. http://norvig.com/21-days.html
David seems to have put the cart in front of the horse and needs to very quickly find some top-notch programming talent.
It would be nice to find top notch programming talent quickly, but I am not going to rush this decision. I need to make sure this person[s] has integrity, good energy, is in a position both mentally and financially to do a startup, and above all if we enjoy each other.
I will email you to get in touch with the developers you know My email is dbosson@gmail.com if anyone else want to get together.