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How to get a good programmer ? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by cogmind@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I had an idea for a software application and hired a programmer from one of the freelance programming websites. Towards the end he bailed. I even gave him extra money because the project ran over the time he said it would take. I ended up with useless software. He had excellent reviews, and was established on the freelance website

I know what I want the software to do but it seems I almost need to know programming to convey it or a wireframe or something. I had written down what I wanted it to do. But even the basic function ended up broken

Along the way as problems presented themselves i had to brainstorm solutions for the problems. As an example there could be two things named the same thing, this caused the software to crash. I would have thought the programmer would have already thought of this being a potential problem based on how I explained it would function. He then fixed it but in my mind this should have been a non issue from the get go.

So in essence my question is how do I explain what I want and should a programmer be asking me any questions ? Or do I have to have everything spelled out even if I am not a programmer because its seemed like I need to know programming to explain how I want the software to function. And where / how do I find a good one ?

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[–] ToBeOrNotToBeHereNow@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Likewise, I’d ask: how do you find a serious entrepreneur?

I’m an Embedded Software Engineer. Few years back I’ve been approached by a wannabe entrepreneur, with a great plan to build a product. Everything started with a discussion on LinkedIn, then some Zoom, then a word document, 9-10 pages long, containing a set of system requirements. The guy had worked in the same field as myself (automotive) and he knew at least how to write down such requirements. That was a big plus. Nonetheless, that was the only input.

I’ve spent a lot of time to setup a complete project structure, laid down proper software requirements, created some initial design documents, set up Bitbucket/JIRA/Confluence ecosystem, created first demo software, prepared the deliverables and then…he said that plans are changed indefinitely as he got a nice offer from a big company and he’ll get back into full time employment 😐 That was it. He did pay something for my work, but an infinitesimal value, compared to what I’ve done.

Now, you’d say that I was naive not to charge per hour, but bear in mind that I wasn’t a freelancer and I wanted to literally join in as a “partner” on the embedded software side with a hope to achieve something greater on the long run. I basically ended up doing some 4-5 weeks of evening/weekend work, almost for free. That work was done on my spare time.

Since then, I’ve stayed away of such “promises” 🤭

[–] monteasf@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Run the business yourself then 👀👀