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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Youll estimate time and cost better. I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Thus, the opportunity cost of joining your half-baked venture is dramatically lower than it is for legit professionals. Tiny, contracting market. Huge upfront software licensing fees. Search me: Follow Me!

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. NET and PHP, I can tell you the average.NET guy knows far more about good software design than the average PHP guy. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

Quora Home About Login Sign Up Add Question Before adding a question, search for it above. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? I do disagree about two other points: First, this isn't the "quora rockstar engineer" perspective. the nice thing is that to start, THEY PAY the consultant for you.