You need to reframe this. You aren't an unemployed developer willing to work for minimum wage--you're a former self-employed developer looking for his next gig. As such, you're going to charge your usual rate of $75/hr, because you know that the fastest heuristic for "Is this guy worth it?" is "What do other people think he's worth?" and the fastest heuristic for that is "What is he comfortable charging?"
Of course, you're not interested in internships, or non-programming work. If you have to widen the net, you're giving people a great reason to reject you.
Start your negotiation from a position of strength, and you'll get somewhere. You're starting with surrender--don't be surprised if you lose.
As other people have said: post your Github. Post a link to anything you can about your startup. Start acting like a valuable programmer, so people will treat you like one.
(If it's any comfort, I've been in your situation in another industry. When I started doing what I've written above, rather than what you've written, my life improved dramatically.)
Of course, you're not interested in internships, or non-programming work. If you have to widen the net, you're giving people a great reason to reject you.
Start your negotiation from a position of strength, and you'll get somewhere. You're starting with surrender--don't be surprised if you lose.
As other people have said: post your Github. Post a link to anything you can about your startup. Start acting like a valuable programmer, so people will treat you like one.
(If it's any comfort, I've been in your situation in another industry. When I started doing what I've written above, rather than what you've written, my life improved dramatically.)