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by elmuchoprez 4799 days ago
I'd be very curious about the viability of clients who approach you in a coffee shop. Seems like you'd get an awful lot of, "So hey, I have this idea that's like Facebook and Youtube combined and I think it could be the next big thing".

That's not to say you won't ever find a good client in a coffee shop, but I suspect it has a lower viability rate than a Craigslist ad, and at least on Craigslist I don't have to spend any real time talking to the people who are clearly not serious clients.

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But it's not always about professional connections IMHO. This sticker has the potential to signal 'geek/programmer', and I would very much welcome a fellow hacker coming up to me and having a chat because of it. I agree that it seems like a so-so way of getting quality clients.

@spqr Your comment is informative, but your account has been hellbanned for quite a while it seems. Only users with showdead can read your replies. Maybe you'd like to look into that.

If you want qualified developers to talk to you, I recommend a sticker that says "PHP Developer" or "I Write Objective C" or whatever as opposed to a generic "I make websites" type slogan. Not only will this weed out the people who just assume you "do computers", but frankly there is a lot of division within the dev community and just because you're sitting over there writing javascript doesn't mean you want to talk to me about EAV databases.
You forgot the part about the idea being worth one hundred billion dollars!
Aimed at all the people in China! Think of the money!
And the part where you sign an NDA