Re:How to Earn a Technical Co-Founder
by VLM on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:20PM
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Half should be below median, just like any other field. Your claim of all implies either exaggeration or not being in a target rich environment.
A change of scenery might clarify the problem. If you go to a star trek convention you will likely not find any tech founders. It is true that many tech people are trekkies. Superficially that makes it sound like a great idea to recruit for a tech position at a trek convention. It is simultaneously true that only a microscopic fraction of trekkies are programmers. Most will be postman, bartenders, truck drivers, a true cross section of the country. That's why no body recruits programmers at a star trek convention.
On the other hand, if you went to strangeloop or Clojure/West and claimed you can't find any lisp programmers, that sounds way more mysterious. "I went to BSDCan and didn't meet any sysadmins" what?
So where is this businessperson-free location you went fishing at? Where is a good place to fish is a valid question for both sides.
Re:How to Earn a Technical Co-Founder
by dudul on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:49PM
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I don't disagree. I met most "candidates" at meetups on the East Coast, and via cofounderslab. Maybe these are not the best ways to find serious co-founders.
A change of scenery might clarify the problem. If you go to a star trek convention you will likely not find any tech founders. It is true that many tech people are trekkies. Superficially that makes it sound like a great idea to recruit for a tech position at a trek convention. It is simultaneously true that only a microscopic fraction of trekkies are programmers. Most will be postman, bartenders, truck drivers, a true cross section of the country. That's why no body recruits programmers at a star trek convention.
On the other hand, if you went to strangeloop or Clojure/West and claimed you can't find any lisp programmers, that sounds way more mysterious. "I went to BSDCan and didn't meet any sysadmins" what?
So where is this businessperson-free location you went fishing at? Where is a good place to fish is a valid question for both sides.