Hi Vanessa, You probably need to be a little more specific, w.r.t. whether you are looking for a co-founder (see cofounder2be.com, Cofounder Speed Networking, etc) or whether you are willing to pay someone for contract work. There is also a Silicon Beach jobs board.
Typically most web developers fall into a few categories - Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Python / Django, Groovy / Grails, PHP / Cakewalk, and 100 different Java related frameworks. The technology you choose doesn't matter too much although it has an impact on speed-to-market and potentially, performance and scalability down the track. Its probably better to rely on whatever framework your technical guru is most familiar with, because learning a new framework takes time and experience to get up to speed. You have front end (UI - user interface, UX - user experience) developers or graphic designers who typically make things pretty in Photoshop and focus more on the asynchronous (AJAX) stuff - like using Javascript, jQuery or Prototype.js. You also have back end developers who do the majority of the application server and database work. Typically developers are good at either the Front End (FE) or Back End (BE) but its rare to find someone who is exceptional at both. You may be able to piece together a solution based on existing open source components, but judging from your (loose) requirements, there is a good chance you will need a developer or someone who has done some of these things before. In particular, a Pinterest-style site is likely to require some heavy AJAX work, although I'm only guessing here as I'm not a Pinterest user. However, an eCommerce engine you are likely to be able to get off-the-shelf or from a company such as BigCommerce or Magento. You can attend a variety of technical events related to different technologies in your city (see meetup.com) and this may help you to find expertise. For example, people who present at RORO Sydney or Melbourne, or Node.js meetups will have great contacts in the industry and may be able to speed up your search. However, IMO its much harder to find a tech co-founder than a paid developer, as most tech co-founders either work full time or are busy with a startup already. Cheers, Nigel On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM, ness <myhuntergathe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I posted a few days ago looking for a Website Programmer for a new > Startup. > I have had a little luck from Craigs List, but no luck here. > > Maybe, I am not asking the right questions. > If anyone could lend a hand in directing me on what i should ask for, > that would be great. > > We are looking for a website programer for; > > - An e-commerce site, with a community board. > - interactive planning tool > - Masonry Jquery - We like how user friendly Pinterest is (not sure if > this is exactly what they use, any suggestions would be great) > > I know there is technical lingo here, not sure what type of > programming skills i should be requesting. > > We really need some advice so we can find the right person. > > Thanks > Vanessa > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
