Looking for web developer/partner for startup

[drstra...@gmail.com]

Hi ArchReactor people,

My name is Rashied and I'm a NASA JPL systems engineer & current WUSTL physics graduate student. I recently started a pet project that has some significant commercial potential and wanted to take it online.

In short, I developed a Monte Carlo cost-benefit analysis tool for determining whether or not to engage in a long-term relationship/marriage with a specific person or stay single and look for a more compatible partner. Loosely, a numerical solution to a highly dimensional secretary problem.

A prototype has been developed and tested and I'm underway patenting it. I've discussed funding with an angel investor who's interested but wants to see it packaged and developed first. Unfortunately, my expertise lies in the theory and not the implementation! Thus, I'm looking for someone who can work with me to develop it. Ownership of TBD LLC and compensation negotiable. For what it's worth, I'm local (by WUSTL campus).

Finally, apologies if this is inappropriate for this board but I didn't see any rules against this sort of thread. Unfortunately, none of my developer friends are in a place to invest this much time in a new endeavor and someone suggested I reach out here. If I had the time and practical expertise, I'd probably be a member of ArchReactor...

I'll be happy to answer any questions about the concept or myself.

Thanks!

[Andrew Ricke]

Oh I would love to see this tool!

1). I'm a huge fan of cost-benefit analysis.

2) I'm getting married in less than a month!

Unfortunately I'm not much of a developer myself.

Andrew
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[Rashied Amini]

Thanks for the response Andrew!

Without giving away the secrets I can explain a little bit about how it works. Currently all input is manual and rather unscientific based on the impressions of the user. The input will ultimately be personality test driven that matches people across d-dimensions (like eHarmony and their 27). Input will determine ranges of acceptability in terms of percentages of the responding/general population. User social circumstances and demographics are taken into account to see how many people a user would interact with over time. I develop a Monte Carlo set of acceptable and perfect matches which can be compared to specific person the user is interested in. I can determine probabilities of finding an acceptable and perfect match and I "value" all relationships in time based on user preferences/tastes and how far matches are from being perfect. 

So this differs in large part from the secretary problem because there's a lot more that is known about future candidates and we can get a grasp of the uncertainties we're dealing with. Moreover, there's a defined metric for value which is otherwise nonexistent. So rather than a binary answer of when to stop looking - I can paint a picture of if a specific match really is worth your time. For what it's worth, I cut off the model at 8 years - assuming that no one interested in getting married will want to look that long and/or even if there are issues with a user's existing match, they will or can have worked on them by that point. 

It's all done in excel at the moment in a rather user unfriendly file. 

Finally, it's worth mentioning that this was done rather lightheartedly as I would hope no one would take results as a sole basis of decision. While there's been some reality checking with some tautological and real life examples, genuine validation would take many years. Model results can be affirming or give people pause (as they have for a few friends who let me analyze their situations) - but I feel the process of populating the model and getting a self-awareness of what you want in a partner to be far more educational than the output. :)

-Rashied

PS - Congrats on your engagement!

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[Andrew Ricke]

And now you mentioned my 3rd love.. Large excel files modeling complex systems. 

I would love to stay in the loop at least to keep learning more. 

I used eharmony in the past (the psych minor I had made me curious about their personality test) but I met my fiancée via Okcupid and find their method vastly superior to that of eharmony. Are you familiar with it?  

Instead of relying on the imperfect and quite immature science of human personality traits, it dynamically matches people based on personality desires and match priorities the user determines themselves. Even these questions are user-submitted. Analytics of these inputs drive the matching. It's funny how even some of the other girls I dated I have ran into at public events of various interests (on even at AR after I later joined). I figured it was all proof of validity that it was matching me with real people I could possibly meet in real life. 

Andrew

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