Ask HN: Anyone in NYC area want to hack?
If you are in the NYC area and aren't entirely repelled by the idea of starting a startup, are an exceptional programmer, and want to get together with other exceptional programmers and build stuff for fun to see what happens, read on.
It's not all about tech in a tech company of course. People, sales, and determination matter. One key seems to be working well together as a team, committed in a shared partnership. Another is trust between co-founders who will be practically be married to each other. And playfulness, and audacity to try crazy ideas out to see if they'd work, which is practically what hackers do anyway.
Don't like being told what to do? Here's a chance to start something your own and run the world by your rules.
Post here or shoot me an email. It'd be nice if you mentioned a hack you are playing with and other awesome stuff you've done.
It should be "Seeking CoFounder in NYC".
I've frequently been asked if I'm DTF by nearly-strangers on local chatrooms. :(
a) You ask for somebody to marry you (your words) but don't tell anything about yourself.
b) You don't present a single hint of your ideas but ask what your potential significant other can offer (to stick to your metaphor).
c) Every "exceptional programmer" is good at analysis - my analysis of your post lead to a) and b).
Edit: By no means I want to deter you from pursuing your goal, I'm really just trying to give useful feedback wrt your post.
I've been programming by the time I was 10, programmed a lot in C, and program a lot in Lisp. The two biggest skills I'm working on are writing and looking at a problem from the opposite angle.
A big problem I've seen in startups is people get out of sync with each other, often from the beginning. To some degree this problem is structural, leading to a communication breakdown. I suspect the bigger issue is someplace between trust and honesty. People tend to be afraid of confronting problems.
Either way it's helpful to know what field OP wants to work in, especially when trying to find a cofounder.
It is just not the entirety of execution.