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Ask HN: Let me help you build your product for free

4 points by Brewer ↗ HN
I'm looking to gain some experience and I'd like to know if there is anyone out there who would like help on their product. I wouldn't charge anything since I love programming and the experience would be more than enough for me.

I've been using mainly Python lately, with small bits of HTML, CSS, JS, SQLite, PostgreSQL, and Flask. I'm very open to learning new technologies and I would actually like to see what the hype is about Ruby and Rails.

If you think we could get along and you need some help, feel free to drop me an email at jjb127@mun.ca.

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gexla
FFS, don't work for others for free!

Work on an open source project.

Build your own site. If you don't have ideas, then look through flippa.com for ideas. Build a site, and then sell it on Flippa.

Find out what people want, then build it for yourself. For example, you could build Wordpress add-ons and sell them. People will give you ideas for this all day long.

If you must work for someone else for cheap (not free!) then look for your closest web development shops and offer to work as an intern for cheap. If you don't get work, then learn more and come back later.

Brewer
I don't think that people would want to pay for things that I make, I'm not very good. :)
gexla
Make things look better by using themes which are on the net in the thousands. Get better at coding by coding more, by building your own things. ;)
Brewer
I'm actually working on something now that is probably pretty trivial. Drop me an e-mail at jjb127@mun.ca if you want to know more.
amorphid
It is good practice to work with other people. I applaud you putting yourself out there.
benologist
You're offering to work for free anyway so what's it matter if you don't make money?

If you happen to make something awesome then you own all the opportunity if it's yours, which is way better than some guy you hand it over to for free or fall into dispute with over it.

Brewer
@benologist: He recommended that I try to sell stuff.
[dead] buzpnick2
I disagree with gexla, I think you should build sites for free. This accomplishes 2 thing;

1) You grow a profile

2) You learn coding at other peoples expenses. Meaning if you screw up, there are little repercussions for you