There are tons of posts on HN - I used "dick" just to grab attention and get responses. Did not mean any disrespect by it either. Last time I posted a thread that said something mild in title I got no responses.

I'm not referring to ALL programmers as dicks, I've just practically had it with him and he used to be a friend.

The most insightful opinion was that low hours per week = low motivation.

I'm being as honest and candid as possible. Sure there is emotion in this, this is our startup. I didn't have the money to bring him on full time and I don't think he would've worked for free either (or contribute funds needed for frontend dev).