woan

There is no surplus of good opportunities for technical folks to co-found something they can believe in. There are plenty of other opportunities of course.

I think the article is solid in that you have to sell the potential technical co-founder that you have a great idea and will add value to the relationship. "decent salary" will get you a contractor for hire, not a co-founder.

You don't have a lot of choice than to network and try your pitch.

definitely should have been "skeptical on collaborating with Facebook"

Number one on any of these lists should be empathy for users. If you don't care about and understand those using your code, you will never be great, only good.