Ask HN: What's the best way to hire a programming tutor?

by jwb119 on 1/4/2013, 11:13 PM with 3 comments

I'm willing to pay market rate to hire a tutor to help walk me through roadblocks that I come upon in learning to program. I have experience with html/css/js and ruby on rails. I'm working on a side project that uses a form to collect input from users and generates a set of documents based on the form answers, which is where I'd like to start off with my questions.

I've tried several of the tutoring match websites and looked on craigslist, but have not had any luck finding someone yet. Which I thought was surprising, given that I'm located in Mountain View and willing to pay.

Is there anyone out there that has experience with this, or that could put me in touch with someone that might be interested? I'm probably looking at 1-2 hours a week commitment. Would strongly prefer someone local that could meet up around Palo Alto or Mountain View. Really appreciate any leads!

  • by DanielN on 1/5/2013, 4:28 AM

    Your email isn't in your profile so if you would like to drop me a line and let me know what you're looking for I would be happy to help or suggest some people that might be able to help.

  • by olefoo on 1/5/2013, 12:22 AM

    Reddit. /r/forhire might work. It has the right audience.

  • by orangethirty on 1/5/2013, 5:42 AM

    /r/learnprogramming.