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Re:How can a non-hacker (with very basic C++ knowledge only)... by nostrademons on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @07:30PM (#13871)
It's a little different when searching for technical experts, however, because it's often not possible to tell a technical expert from a technical nincompoop without a solid background in the subject. There are a lot of folks out there who can play buzzword bingo with the best of them, but can't actually sit down and code something.
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Re:How can a non-hacker (with very basic C++ knowledge only)... by jaggederest on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @09:39PM (#13916)
Ask someone you do trust to recommend someone to...

Build a chain of trust to someone with technical knowledge, and use them to assess possible technical people.

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Re:How can a non-hacker (with very basic C++ knowledge only)... by bootload on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @11:26PM (#13949)
Of course the problem is, not being technical you are always prone to the 'Warren Harding' error. [0] You know, someone who dresses badly, uses a mac notebook, talks real fast about technical things that has all the attributes of the hacker except they are crap at building product.

Some suggestions for finding a co-founder can be found reading, Students guide to Startups. [1]

Reference

[0] Warren Harding was 29th President of the United States and had the distinction of being pushed forward because he had the perceived traits of a leader and turned out not to be so good. I picked this up reading the Malcom Gladwell book 'Blink', 0-7139-9844-X.

[1] pg, 'A students guide to startups'

http://paulgraham.com/mit.html

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