I created a startup project, and we have a good traction, but now we really need to strengthen our (small) technical team to improve our solution. Where should I look? Github? How can I make him/her want to join the adventure?
Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
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Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#2Pay fair market rate and decent equity. Or pay below market rate and substantial equity.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#3Pay fair market rate and decent equity. Or pay below market rate and substantial equity.
Or give huge life balance over work plus fair salary. Find someone who wants a 4 day a week gig, has exp, etc...
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#4AS a dev i contacted someone i think it was on founders nation. In the end we did my idea haha.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#5Just pay them 20% more of what they are currently making.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#6> Where should I look?
I'd say search on your friends network first. If it is hard to find on your network then I suggest Angel.co, stackoverflow.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#7I’m all ears if you’ve got something interesting and lots of equity? I work at Amazon, lots of experience with the cloud, scale, computer science etc. 6 years experience as a dev.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#8Just pay them 20% more of what they are currently making.
Do you think money is the only criteria? In this case it seems impossible to compete with US Startups.
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#9I’m all ears if you’ve got something interesting and lots of equity? I work at Amazon, lots of experience with the cloud, scale, computer science etc. 6 years experience as a dev.
Thank you for the answer.
Can you email me to ["favqonak@10mail.org"] ?
PS: Your nickname made me laugh. I hope it's not too difficult on a daily basis :-p
Re: Ask HN: How to find and convince a skilled dev to join a bootstrapped startup?
#10AS a dev i contacted someone i think it was on founders nation. In the end we did my idea haha.
Thanks for sharing. Some founders want to build companies while developers tend to want to solve problems. So often developer ideas are much better business ideas :-)