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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

In contrast to DeFi’s “move fast and break things” attitude, Lightning development has been intentionally slower and more methodical. Despite this measured development philosophy, Lightning has still made meaningful progress over the last 2 years. synthetic stocks or futures) and prediction markets. 3) Exchanges + HFTs.

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. As the company grows, the initial package of stock options offered to new hires will be lower and lower.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

But stock indexes continue to slide and the unemployment numbers are getting worse. How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? According to the National Bureau of Economic Research the U.S. has been in recession since December of 2007. The average U.S.

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Twitter Link Roundup #133 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Facebook’s stock should trade for $13.80 – [link]. Stunning Graphic Design Styles: 1950 to 2000 Inspired Designs – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The Case for Facebook (good analysis from The Atlantic) – [link].

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Software Inventory

www.joelonsoftware.com

That means on the average day you have 150 metric tons of wheat flour in stock. You’re reading Joel on Software , stuffed. with years and years of completely raving mad articles about software development, managing. software teams, designing user interfaces, running successful software companies, and rubber duckies.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Virtual Stock Exchange. Stock Quotes. Facebook went public in May with two classes of stock that give founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg about 57% of the voting power even though he only owns about 28% of the shares. Zynga went public last December with three classes of stock. MarketWatch. SmartMoney. SmartMoney.