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How do you find people to work with you on projects?

17 pointsalinalex7 comments

Hey,

I like to work on side projects and I would really like to find someone likeminded with whom to work on projects.

I only found collabfinder.com, which kind of sucks. Do you have any suggestions?

Best, Alin R.

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I'd try find a repo you like and fixing bugs via pull requests. You can then see how you work together, how available they are, their coding and code review style. Then at some point offer to do a greenfield project together.

Start working on a side project and write about it. Then submit your post(s) to the relevant places like Product Hunt, Hacker News, relevant sub-reddit, etc. This a) makes you start producing something, b) gets you to start "marketing it", c) allows some people to notice what you are doing and potentially start chatting with you about it, and d) is focused on producing rather than "collaborating".

This is the one problem that I always have. I think of little project that has potential, and could be hacked together in a couple of days, but don't know people who'd like to be part of it.

Perhaps we can come up with an idea worthy of working on. Click on my profile to find my email address.

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

I search people for cooperation in facebook groups. Thy it.

Go to events that interest you

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