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Talented Web Programmer

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Can anyone recommend a talented web development firm or developer, preferably one who specializes in social web applications? We are a startup company that is well financed through angel investors and are looking for a very talented firm/programmer(s) to create our custom social web application with unique features not found in white label social networks. The firm/programmer(s) needs to be an experienced PHP programmer, who has fluency in AJAX and MySQL.

We initially underestimated the complexity of our proposed site and hired two "top" web developing firms, who were unable to create what we require. Now, a year after our planned launch, we are having to start the programming from scratch. We already have a sixty page technical scope and detailed designs of what the site will look like how it will function.

Location of the web firm or programmer is not important to us.

We appreciate any recommendations you can offer us. John

To clairfy, the technical scope document consists of Photoshop mockups of nearly every page of the site, and each mockup has a page description of functionality. This is intended to ease the development process, not increase it. This way, the site can be easily broken down in to phases. Ideally, we'd like to find a development team with whom we may have a longer-term relationship. We realize this size project will not have a 1-month turnaround and can even be launched in stages.

"... Ideally, we'd like to find a development team with whom we may have a longer-term relationship. ..."

most of the teams here, build product (their own) and don't work by the hour ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html

I might be able to help, depending on exactly what you want and what you are willing to pay. Shoot me a mail if you like, my adress is in my profile.

To me, this sets off warning signals...

Me too. Sixty pages of specs? That alone is enough to destroy them.

Smasher, could you forward some more details to shawn@sanswork.com please? I think I can help you out having worked on a large number of social networking applications including a couple of situations like you're in where nothing was produced for a long time by previous developers.

You guys smell like Sloanies .... And the smell stinks!

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