Tldr

We are gonna build a dating app exclusively for college or university students. I brought the ideas, and pay for operating expenses as well as working as a support programmer. You be the main programmer for a fair share of the company.

I do have some money my grandmother gave me, but i would rather not touch it until the last moment.

Detail:

If our dating website/app becomes popular, all founding members will be rich. If this does not get popular, you will make $0, but you will have something to add to your resume.

logline

This is basically a Tinder for Seneca & York University. It will be open to everyone at Seneca & YorkU including international students, mature students, young students. (But they can filter out specific groups in search.)

Unfortunately, I can't help with programming, but I understand programming (some C, JAVA, MIPS experiences although I forgot everything), and I can support you and make demands with an awareness how programming works.

I have no ambition right now, but if this hits it off, we can expand it to all colleges & universities in Canada, or even the colleges & universities in the whole world. If it happens like that, the founding members including you the programmer will be rich. If it does not take off like that, you will at least have something to add to your resume.

why this has potentials

The reason I think this idea has a niche market despite "general dating apps" like Tinder already existing is because there is a South Korean app called Blind. Blind is an app where employees working for all companies in South Korea can register and talk about anything as a Social Media just like Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, etc. The difference is that all Blind members work for Korean companies, the companies they work for show up as labels beside their account names, and they can socialize only with the people in their own companies or other companies they are interested in. Blind is huge (8 million users) in South Korea despite Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, etc existing already because people want to talk to other people with a sense of corporate identification.

I believe the same rationality works for schools. For example, when I (a Seneca-York student) date, I want to date someone from Seneca York, not someone from other Seneca branches or some other university or college far from me. I want someone local in my area & to my daily routine (schooling at Seneca York).

worst case scenario, best case scenario

The worst case scenario, this idea does not take off, but you (programmer) get to build an experience, and we can match some students to their dates. The best case scenario, we can be the next Mark Zuckerberg. (Not as huge obviously, but I believe there is a niche market to providing college & university students a dating app where they can only view the students they can relate to.)

what i offer

I brought the idea, and i can pay for the operating expenses (just not the wage). And i cannot program from scratch, but i can edit an already written program if C or Java as a support programmer. Can also manage the app/website as well as customer management. This app will be free and ad oriented. But students need a valid college or university email address to register. (We are starting with Seneca & YorkU only, so the email should end with @myseneca.ca & @yorku.ca, or something, and should confirm verification email every September.)

i just need a lower tier programmer with a business sense

If someone is offering to pay for your programming, go to that employer. I am looking for a programming student who couldn't find an internship or part time job, but knows his/her way around database programing. I am not a programmer, but Tinder type programming does not look like it would be hard compared to fancy mobile games. I am looking for a student programmer willing to gamble for a payday or at least get a notch down for the resume.