Do I have the wrong university or the wrong attitude?
patio11: You missed me by a few years, but go to an engineering school pizza socializer.  (They still do those weekly, right?)The vast majority of the students have no professional programming experience and most are incompetent at programming -- and, for that matter, the pre-meds really suck at surgery and the pre-law can scarcely write a nastygram without sounding pleasant -- but you won't lack for smart, motivated people if you search.