[GLLUG] I had an idea, now, How to Find a good developer?

[Richard Houser]

In addition to what everyone else has said, nothing you've revealed thus
far is particularly novel.  That item in particular is discussed a lot, and
I'd be amazed if there weren't at least dozens of such applications
available.  In fact, for my HCI class this term, that was one of the ideas
mentioned, and then struck down as a potential project for us.  You might
have something novel, but given the area you indicated, my guess would be
no.

If I were you, I would register the domain name and/or trademark if you can
afford it, disclose everything that wouldn't be considered a trade secret
or otherwise privileged information for any such hypothetical employees
under NDA, and get your estimates from there.  That will at least get you a
lower bound (though I say figure a minimum 3X the estimated hours, if not
5X for any hourly bids.  If you don't know how to write a formal
requirements document, you may need to hire someone to help you with that,
too.  If you can't communicate what you want to your architect, he may
create a beautiful, elegant system that does something completely other
than what you intended.  Use this to determine if it's even worth looking
into an NDA, etc. for your trade secret to pursue further.


By the way, make sure you read any software licenses carefully and consult
a lawyer if needed.  Things like the AGPL are specifically intended to keep
people from extending source code to make proprietary web systems and then
keep that code from the community.  Licenses would also need to be factored
into any estimates with your architect.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Peter Christenson <pac1.mi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Patrick and Chick, Thanks for the fast response.
> Although I'm very excited about sharing my idea in detail with anyone and
> everyone, Chick hit the nail on the head, I don't know how much should be
> shared at this time.
> however I will share that it is a meal planning and shopping list tool
> that would be available via browser as well as mobile app and maybe even a
> desktop app.  with the goal of helping the end users, without adding more
> complexity to their lives.
>
> because I haven't done this before I'm unsure what steps need to be taken,
> and in what order.  what I do know is, what I want it to do, how it should
> look and act, and that I can't get it there by myself.
> I don't know if that helps or not but that is where I'm at :)
>
> Thank you for your time and help on this.
> Peter
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  OK, I will be the first to ask,
>>
>> So what is your idea?
>>
>>   How can we help / answer you?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 02/02/2015 01:34 PM, Peter Christenson wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> Over the weekend I had a fantastic Idea for a new website/app.
>> I know that its going to require hosting, management and the like, and I
>> plan on using as much Foss and Linuxy goodness as possible, but before I
>> can do most of that, it needs to be developed and I'm not a developer :(
>> and that has me stuck spinning my wheels.
>> So I figured I would see if anyone here can give pointers on how to go
>> about moving forward from here.
>> I'm open to any suggestions, recommendations, or shameless plugs :)
>>
>>  I just don't want to see a good Idea be die off before I get the skills
>> to do it myself.... because that might take a few years.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>  Peter.
>>
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