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well tbh I don't have any trouble getting people initially interested. As you say, I do have some filters that should separate me from the "MBA chaff" It's getting the few people that I have felt I could work with to actually decide I am the one for them.

hold on... "of all the bullshit MBA types" - that means you are calling me one of the bullshit MBA types! :( Perhaps you meant "compared to the usual bullshit MBA types"? ;)

The Java point is interesting, and something I have discussed lots with various people - including people who have contacted me today after posting this blogpost. Half the people think I should stick to Java - it's a fine tool for the job, half the people think I will need to switch language. No doubt being in Java reduces my pool of potential co-founders.

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Haha...sorry, no I didn't mean to lump you in with the hn-stereotyped non-co-founder masses (and I don't even agree with it, in most cases, but it's easy to use it as an explanatory tool). Java, for sure, is a fine tool for the job, technically speaking; I was referring more to the business/social aspect of having to sell the stack to a developer, and convincing them to work on it. This also may be developer bullshit too? who knows. I do think that the results will speak for themselves, if you can find a great java dev, that wants to work on it, etc, etc, than my theory is probably BS. If you haven't found anyone, than I would seriously consider letting a dev run with the new stack.

There is no reason whatsoever to switch from Java. Ignore this noise.

Of course there is, if he can't find someone to work on it for equity, but can convince someone to write it in PHP for equity.

Everyone knows Java. It's the first programming language taught to every freshman Computer Science undergrad, everywhere in the world. Even most die hard Rubyists know how to write Java. They may hate it, but they know it. Who in the world teaches PHP?

> Everyone knows Java.

Untrue.

> It's the first programming language taught to every freshman Computer Science undergrad, everywhere in the world.

Except where Python is used. Or something else.

> Even most die hard Rubyists know how to write Java.

Well, a lot of the move to Ruby (particularly Rails) was a reaction to perceived issues with Java, so, yeah, Java skill is probably overrepresented in the Ruby (particularly Rails) community.

> Who in the world teaches PHP?

Judging from a quick googling, plenty of places teach PHP.

That is not my point.

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