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Yeah I get what you mean. I have some savings, but this isn't a long-term solution.
It's not a long term solution, but gets you progress. If you're looking for a technical co-founder they'll want to see that you can execute. You can even start building on your own :)
Ask HN: How do you find a technical cofounder with little experience?
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I'll see what I can do thanks!
Re: Ask HN: How do you find a technical cofounder with little experience?
#22I have had the opposite problem and I have yet to find a solution. However, I am looking for a superb UI/UX guy to take over the world with. Even with a 5+ year successful business, it is hard to find that right match of skill, personality, ambition, etc.
Until that point, I continue to 1099 out the UI/UX to solid people.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find a technical cofounder with little experience?
#23what school do you go to?
Re: Ask HN: How do you find a technical cofounder with little experience?
#24My cofounder spent an entire year with this exact problem. He worked with one developer who dropped off the face of the earth, payed a designer for work, and otherwise busted his ass for an entire year after graduating undergrad. He worked at a pool while his peers went to work for the likes of McKinsey and Goldman.
Now, I and another technical cofounder are working with him. We also have designers and a potential new technical employee.
You are still in school. You have time.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find a technical cofounder with little experience?
#25Read this, or if you already have, read it again. http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html Done? Good. Start coding today. Seriously. Today. You need to find and talk to people one-on-one about what you want to accomplish. Go crash an upper division computer science class tomorrow morning, and look for students that "get it" – the kind that engage the professor, ask and answer questions. After class, pick one of them an…
Noted thanks!
How did it go? I'm curious to hear what did (and didn't) work.