'I Just Need a Programmer'

theodp writes "As head of the CS Department at the University of Northern Iowa, Eugene Wallingford often receives e-mail and phone calls from eager entrepreneurs with The Next Great Idea. They want to change the world, and they want Prof. Wallingford to help them. They just need a programmer. 'Many idea people,' observes Wallingford, 'tend to think most or all of the value [of a product] inheres to having the idea. Programmers are a commodity, pulled off the shelf to clean up the details. It's just a small matter of programming, right?' Wrong. 'Writing the program is the ingredient the idea people are missing,' he adds. 'They are doing the right thing to seek it out. I wonder what it would be like if more people could implement their own ideas.'"

Re:As someone...

[nine932038]

...seriously? Elance, Guru.com, vWorker.com... just Google 'freelance programmers'. There are loads.

Re:Not the only side of the problem

[Bruce Perens]

Anyone I deal with has to be an "accredited investor" under SEC rules - no exceptions. This rule has saved me from serious grief in the past. I'd be happy to chat with folks who qualify. My email address is my name + .com .