Offer HN: Teaching+Technical consulting (SF bay area)

Perhaps most ideal for people with minimal programming experience that have an idea that they want to prototype while they learn. I will sit with you for two hours for free (future sessions $250/2 hrs with no long term commitment) and help you in any way I can. Also note my hours for availability are very flexible to help cater to those still with full time jobs, M-F 10AM-9PM and Saturday/Sunday 1PM-9PM.

We can cover/talk about anything you want, from HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Ruby/Python/Clojure, jQuery/Bootstrap, PostgreSQL, AWS, source control, or anything else. It's also fine if none of those words mean anything to you. I will try to provide explanations, knowledge, tips, materials and resources to make your life easier where appropriate while also making progress on your prototype with you.

I love helping people and am testing the viability of this as a niche service for both clients and myself. In return I mostly just ask for honest feedback as to if you think I've been helpful.

Quick word on my background, degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Berkeley and approximately eight years of experience, most recently with Ruby on Rails as an early technical hire at a start-up where I wore lots of different hats. I have recently adopted Clojure as my language/environment of choice.

If you are interested, please email me at osbert@iterinc.com introducing yourself. No need to talk about your idea if that makes you uncomfortable, but a little bit about your level of knowledge/progress may be helpful so I can try to develop a plan for what may be the best use of our time (with your input). If there is something specific you'd like to be sure I'm up to snuff on, be sure to bring that up, I will be very upfront with you if I think I will not be helpful.

Thanks, and good luck to all fellow entrepreneurs. Sorry, this offer/advertisement is limited to the SF bay area for now.