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So I've envisioned a phone app - how to find coder?

6 pointsDonGateley13 comments

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?

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If 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.

Hey DonGateley,

I recommend you to check on founder2be : 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://www.elance.com http://www.freelancer.com https://www.odesk.com

Hope you'll find a co-founder or a freelancer ! A.

There's a monthly thread for freelancers on Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310240

As for vetting the person, it's usually done by looking at what they've made.

OP 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?

http://hnnotify.com/

Exactly! Thanks.

The 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/ and http://gun.io/ . Your chance of hiring great programmer will be higher there.

I 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"

If 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.

You could check out Mobile Brain Bank http://mobilebrainbank.org/ .

I'm an Android developer & can work part time, ping me @ rgh.199@gmail.com if you are interested!

Learn to code.

Do you have money?

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