Ask HN- Could any one person have all of these skills?
I need to have a site built around the forum, or modified, to enable a quality interface, easy editing options, simple advertising interface, email marketing etc...
There is also a current database with the posts and the users and if there is a larger infrastructure created, then that database would need to be accessed by several new parts of the site in different manners.
I think I could afford to hire maybe one full time programmer at this time, while I handle all of the marketing, content creation, community management etc...
Is it possible to find someone who is a jack of all trades that can build out the infrastructure, figure out how the databases need to run and interface with different parts of the site, integrate them with an email marketing solution like Aweber, etc...?
The features that I am looking for for the website to have all include things that currently exist, from q and a to article display to commenting and rating, profiles etc... nothing too revolutionary or proprietary.
I have no technical skills whatsoever, I don't eve know basic html, and I need to know if this is the type of thing that could be reasonably expected of one person, or am I being too greedy in what I expect?
Assuming said programmer exists, is that a very rare skill set, or could any normal programmer working full time bang something like this out?
Also, what would an appropriate salary range be for a programmer like this if I offered no equity?
Would that range change substantially if I offered equity? Would my chances of landing someone good change?(The site is already profitable, although the profit would be eaten up by a programmers salary)
Finally, are there people I could hire to help me figure out the technical requirements I will have and to help me hire someone appropriate, since I am in no position to judge anyone's technical abilities?
Thanks a bunch