<human>: I have a project that I started on, and am currently prototyping it.  I'm a programmer myself, my experiences range all the way from writing client code (iOS mainly) to building web services (MySQL/PHP mostly) and using AWS (EC2, S3) ...

But **what I lack are the database skills**.  The application I'm building is a social game that needs to be built to scale..  I'm fine starting simple, but I want someone who can then take that 'starting simple' and make it scale as the app grows.  Like Instagram seemed to do, I want to do this right the first time. 

Anyway, my question is.. **where does one find such a cofounder?**  It might sound weird having two technical cofounders, but this is really what I need.  I'd be doing my user a huge disservice by trying to do the whole app, from database to server and server to client, all by myself.  I can do it, just not the way it needs to be done. 

I do not have the funds to hire such an expert, so **I'm very much willing to go into this 50/50 with such an expert**.

**I live in the SF area.** If you or someone you know has this skill set, lives in the area, and is willing to do this, let's chat.

Maybe you know the best sites or meetups for this, and you could share those here?  I looked around, and I keep finding garbage telling me why you shouldn't go looking for a technical cofounder... but that's usually advice to a non-technical entrepreneur, encouraging them to learn some coding themselves. 

Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks a bunch

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<bot>: Technical entrepreneur looking for an expert in big data / scalable web applications to be a cofounder.  Where should I look?