Ask HN: Hiring programmer to help teach a particular project?

8 points by Ian999 9 years ago | 7 comments

I have a project I want to work on. I need to use Amazon EC2, S3, webscrape, and a couple other things. I don't mind spending money to get the work done but I would also like to learn to do it myself. I've been going through resources online and it's a bit much to learn given I also work. Is there a site I can list out what I want to do or the skill set I need and have someone instead of do it, guide me through the process? Almost like a hands on consultant who could otherwise do themselves but I would also get a teacher.

sixQuarks 9 years ago |

I have the exact same need. I wonder how big this market is.

soneca 9 years ago | |

I also have the exact same need. Although currently I dont have the money to pay for it.

wapz 9 years ago |

I don't know where you live but Pivotal Labs did exactly this several years ago (I think they still do but I'm not sure).

They're very expensive and I don't know if they'd take on a single person's project but there are surely other people or companies that will do this.

If you are in an area with a lot of meetups, you should check them out. There are a lot of programmers that are happy to help others.

ddorian43 9 years ago |

I've done it previously. Like I mentored/guided/taught/explained to a guy on how to build webapps in python,flask,pg,db-migrations etc etc. I can do it again, depending on what you exactly need and how good/confident I'm at it. Pretty sure you'll be able to find someone like that.

eiriklv 9 years ago |

I do this semi-regularly both on smaller scale (1on1) and larger scale (teams), mostly focused on JavaScript and modern web architecture (from idea to mvp usually). It can be a very rewarding process for both parties.

Booked until July though..

PaulHoule 9 years ago |

It's definitely a kind of service I have been thinking about offering. That is, if you're just selling coding you can't create as much value if you sell coding together with training and other kinds of capacity building services.

I am pretty booked for next month though.

deepaksurti 9 years ago |

You can try: https://www.codementor.io. They also have the option for long term mentorship.