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A comment on Ask HN: Where Should I Look For A Programmer To Partner With For My Start Up?.

Re:Ask HN: Where Should I Look For A Programmer To Partner W... by haploid on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:34PM (#2357300)
IRC
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Re:Ask HN: Where Should I Look For A Programmer To Partner W... by akkartik on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:44PM (#2357335)
Care to elaborate? (Assuming it's not sarcasm.)
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Re:Ask HN: Where Should I Look For A Programmer To Partner W... by haploid on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:52PM (#2357365)
Sure. Freenode and EFNet tend to have significant concentrations of talented developers and developer/managers.

I think many people would be surprised at the caliber of people who idle( usually as ops )on the various programming-related IRC channels. Of course, these channels also attract droves of newbies looking for help, often with elementary homework projects. But if you use a decent vetting process, sorting signal from noise can be fairly trivial.

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