I've been a long time reader, and for the first time I'm actually writing in hopes of participating.
I'm looking for a similar-minded person (or persons) to help co-found a small team with me to work on small software projects of our own choosing. I've been working the 9 to 5 life for three years since leaving college, and if you ask me that's three years too many. I've been fascinated with entrepreneurship and the startup community for quite some time. But I've come to find that reading about entrepreneurship and the software community doesn't necessarily make you part of it. It seems that learning and doing are quite different things.
Basically I just want to create, and I don't want to do it alone. I'm something of a generalist when it comes to technology, which means I jump from one thing (language, project, etc.) to another. That makes it difficult to delve deep enough to finish up any truly great final products. Hopefully if we can work as a team we can make something truly engaging.
About Me: I'm 27 and I graduated in 2007 with a Degree in Computer Science/English Literature from the University of Miami, which is also where I currently work full time.
Technology Background: I'm hoping for someone who loves the same technology that I do, and would prefer to work in similar environments that I have grown to love. I'm pretty open to using whatever platform works, but I've found the following to be particularly engaging: Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Github, Vim, Textmate. Aside from Web Apps, I also really like the idea of doing some Mobile work as well. I've always loved Apple and pretty much everything they do, and I'm currently delving into Xcode and iOS development as well.
Furthermore, I would assume that co-founders probably work best if they have some common interests... 37signals philosophies, Apple (and Steve Jobs), GTD, Malcolm Gladwell, Paul Graham's writings, Seth Godin, TEDTalks. If you don't like some of this stuff, it's certainly not a deal-breaker. The only real must is that I'd like someone with a sense of humour (although you don't have to spell "humour" the same pretentious way that I do, with an entirely unnecessary 'u').
As for my motivation? I'm absolutely sick of being this guy...
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/19888/ship-early-ship-never
Anyway, if you share some of the same interests that I do, I'd love to hear from you. You can always post a reply here on HN, or you're more than welcome to get in touch with me at [email protected].
I've been a long time reader, and for the first time I'm actually writing in hopes of participating.
I'm looking for a similar-minded person (or persons) to help co-found a small team with me to work on small software projects of our own choosing. I've been working the 9 to 5 life for three years since leaving college, and if you ask me that's three years too many. I've been fascinated with entrepreneurship and the startup community for quite some time. But I've come to find that reading about entrepreneurship and the software community doesn't necessarily make you part of it. It seems that learning and doing are quite different things.
Basically I just want to create, and I don't want to do it alone. I'm something of a generalist when it comes to technology, which means I jump from one thing (language, project, etc.) to another. That makes it difficult to delve deep enough to finish up any truly great final products. Hopefully if we can work as a team we can make something truly engaging.
About Me: I'm 27 and I graduated in 2007 with a Degree in Computer Science/English Literature from the University of Miami, which is also where I currently work full time.
Technology Background: I'm hoping for someone who loves the same technology that I do, and would prefer to work in similar environments that I have grown to love. I'm pretty open to using whatever platform works, but I've found the following to be particularly engaging: Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Github, Vim, Textmate. Aside from Web Apps, I also really like the idea of doing some Mobile work as well. I've always loved Apple and pretty much everything they do, and I'm currently delving into Xcode and iOS development as well.
Furthermore, I would assume that co-founders probably work best if they have some common interests... 37signals philosophies, Apple (and Steve Jobs), GTD, Malcolm Gladwell, Paul Graham's writings, Seth Godin, TEDTalks. If you don't like some of this stuff, it's certainly not a deal-breaker. The only real must is that I'd like someone with a sense of humour (although you don't have to spell "humour" the same pretentious way that I do, with an entirely unnecessary 'u').
As for my motivation? I'm absolutely sick of being this guy... http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/19888/ship-early-ship-never
Anyway, if you share some of the same interests that I do, I'd love to hear from you. You can always post a reply here on HN, or you're more than welcome to get in touch with me at [email protected].
-Bijan