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How do you find people to work with you on projects?

Hey,

I like to work on side projects and I would really like to find someone likeminded with whom to work on projects.

I only found collabfinder.com, which kind of sucks. Do you have any suggestions?

Best, Alin R.

( 7 comments | 17 points | on HN )
Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by rlancer on Sunday October 16, 2016 @11:05PM (#12722448)
I'm Robert Lancer the CTO of Collaborizm.com. We help you build your team by engaging with our community in discussions.

Some success stories:

Stans Neuro Headphones - 261 team members · https://www.collaborizm.com/project/41G1VZWCx

3D RPG Game - 75 team members · https://www.collaborizm.com/project/146

Room Cleaning Robot - 61 team members · https://www.collaborizm.com/project/BJRTqrTs

Feel free to ask me any questions [email protected]

Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by bbcbasic on Saturday October 15, 2016 @03:24PM (#12715306)
I'd try find a repo you like and fixing bugs via pull requests. You can then see how you work together, how available they are, their coding and code review style. Then at some point offer to do a greenfield project together.
Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by sebg on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:03AM (#12722624)
Start working on a side project and write about it. Then submit your post(s) to the relevant places like Product Hunt, Hacker News, relevant sub-reddit, etc. This a) makes you start producing something, b) gets you to start "marketing it", c) allows some people to notice what you are doing and potentially start chatting with you about it, and d) is focused on producing rather than "collaborating".
Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by aminozuur on Sunday October 16, 2016 @01:05PM (#12719611)
This is the one problem that I always have. I think of little project that has potential, and could be hacked together in a couple of days, but don't know people who'd like to be part of it.

Perhaps we can come up with an idea worthy of working on. Click on my profile to find my email address.

Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by pythonbull on Sunday October 16, 2016 @10:44AM (#12718794)
“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”
Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by 6harleyef6 on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:11AM (#12759274)
I search people for cooperation in facebook groups. Thy it.
Re:How do you find people to work with you on projects? by hemdrup on Saturday October 15, 2016 @05:37PM (#12715757)
Go to events that interest you