Ask HN: So I've learnt Ruby, now to choose where to go next?
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Have you considered jumping on a plane and moving to San Francisco? I'm also English and did that just last week, I figure it will be so much easier to find a co-founder here than in the UK.
Your most probably right, however with visa restrictions being just 3mths stay I figured my time was better spent getting the projects towards prototype here by myself. I suppose with skype having a remote co founder is not out of the question these days, just always helps to meet people in person I feel.
Have you found it easier?
You sounds like me - background in ecommerce, learning RoR and wondering about moving to SF.
What kind of project are you wanting to work on?
What kind of project are you wanting to work on?
It's a strange one, given my experience I can earn pretty decent money but I just have the urge to do something for myself, it's a bug that doesn't go away with reading HN and seeing great startups each and every day.
I am working on two projects at the moment, why two you may ask!? I just can't decide between the two. The first is a listing site for storage, land and parking spaces. The second is sort of a crowd sourced sports funding site.
What are you currently working on?.
I am working on two projects at the moment, why two you may ask!? I just can't decide between the two. The first is a listing site for storage, land and parking spaces. The second is sort of a crowd sourced sports funding site.
What are you currently working on?.
So I've project managed high budget e-commerce builds across different platforms and languages, multiple smaller sites and am a pretty dab hand at SEO to boot, but having the funds to outsource and manage the project myself was just not a feasable option. So a few weeks ago I ordered a few RoR books and decided to get my hands dirty myself. I've found it a steep learning curve I must admit but it's definitely rewarding.
So to get to the point where should I go from here, essentially I am a solo founder and my location in the uk does not lend itself to finding a suitable co founder, there simply isn't a network and given my experience in a previous startup with poor co founders I know all too well how a bad choice can stick with you. I would love to bury my head down, get something out there and apply to the current YC application round but know the preference on team applications. So should I hold back on this round and try to find that elusive co founder or go for broke anyhow?.