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So I've envisioned a phone app - how to find coder?

6 points by DonGateley ↗ HN
I, like many others, have conceptualized a phone app that I think has strong appeal. The next major problem is finding a competent code developer to partner with to make it real. Are there reputable clearing houses for match-ups like this? What resources are there in general for this?

Thanks

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stray
Do you have money?
rpedela
If you have money, just hire them as a contractor via craigslist. If you need help vetting then I would ask a developer friend to help. If you don't have money, good luck. Most developers will not partner with someone who just has an idea because it usually means they will do the majority of the initial work for something that will most likely fail without any compensation. The exception is a developer friend who really sees the vision.
ksikka
If you have money, the options outlined are pretty good. If you're strapped for cash, I'd encourage you to start building on www.appcubator.com which will get a project going for you for free. Disclaimer, I work at Appcubator.
captnfullhouse
I'm an Android developer & can work part time, ping me @ rgh.199@gmail.com if you are interested!
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DonGateley
OP here. No real money, just a few good ideas. I'm an engineer and programmer (started designing mainframes at IBM) but long retired from the day to day issues of design and coding, especially distant from modern device programming.

Like a barely countable set of such people, I'd like to lure a programmer in with a good idea and the belief that it could be financially worthwhile in the long run.

How to do that without being too vulnerable to a hit and run completely escapes me.

Y'all have given me some threads to follow, thanks. More specific individual replies coming up.

I sure wish ycombinator had a notification option for threads you start or comment in. That would facilitate longer and more productive threads. Am I just missing it?

neurostimulant
The thing is, if you're not a programmer, you'll have a hard time judging the quality of a programmer and may end up hiring incompetent one. Even a newbie freelancer like me have seen it happen quite frequently. I often hired to clean up the mess left by those bad hires (almost all of them was hired by non-programmer).

You should try posting the job on curated/specialised marketplace such as http://getlambda.com/ and http://gun.io/ . Your chance of hiring great programmer will be higher there.

31reasons
I was just checking project estimates on gun.io, they don't seem to be any higher than freelancer or odesk (e.g $1000 for an iphone app) especially if they are looking for "expert hackers"