[acuozzo]

> if there were some way besides random chance and networking for skilled developers looking to start something to discover people

The main problem here is that non-programmers are often so entrenched in their workflow(s) that they fail to see what can be automated and wind up proposing nice-to-haves instead of tasks critical to their mission.

Moreover, they're more likely to dismiss 80% solutions because the introduction of new unknowns/things-to-check adds enough uncertainty to make them uncomfortable. "The new thing always puts things here instead of there and it doesn't handle these cases. I miss the way we used to do things."

[presentation]

Yeah, finding the right people with enough mental flexibility but who understand the challenges of a different domain is rare but super valuable.