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go to whatever tech/startup meetups are near your area, and introduce yourself to as many people as you can. Don't instantly talk about how you need a programmer to join your company. Just have a conversation, tell them what you're doing and find out what they are doing. Follow up with anyone who you think might be a good fit for your team.

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This sounds great, my only concern would be where can I find these meetups? How can I interact with these people?

Meetup.com is a good place to start. Also google phrases like "linux user's group" + cityname, "ruby user's group" + cityname, "java user's group" + cityname, "perl mongers" + cityname, etc., etc. Once you find a handful of interesting groups to start interacting with, you'll usually find that one group leads you to another (ex, groups cross-posting meeting announcements to one another's mailing lists, or standing up and making an announcement about an upcoming meeting, at the meeting of a related group, etc.)

Edit: plancast is another decent place to find out about upcoming events of various sorts.

check out meetup.com. I believe you said you live near chicago, just an example http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoRuby they are meeting in a few days.

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