Ask HN: Bootstrapping startup teams looking for some consulting work
We are 3 bootstrapped startups, and are hoping to do some consulting work on the side to fund our startup expenses. We are totally 6 devs and looking for web development work of about 100 hours a a month.
A little bit about our startups/core software proficiency:
One of the team works on a compiler for Survey Programming (yacc/c++/js emscripten and Webtoolkit, wxWidgets, gtk, ncurses, android)
The other startup is working in the web analytics space. Their stack is Node and Mongo. They also have experience in Python using Tornado and Django as the framework.
The third team is working on a niche based CRM in Django / ember
We are looking for work in Python web frameworks - Flask/Django or Node/ expresjs. We are also well versed with client side MVC viz. ember, angular and backbone.
We are well versed with cloud tools - AWS, OpenShift, Rackspace and Heroku
Please feel free to email on nxd_in at yahoo dt com
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If you are going to make an open call like this:
1) Mention where you are located (or indicate that you are looking for remote work)
2) If you have a portfolio, link to it
3) Do you have an hourly rate in mind?
If you work with yacc and C++, it might make sense to cast a wider net than just "web development work"