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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. When he had finished the program the US wanted more doctors due to the Vietnam War.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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#9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program. One of the assignments I experienced was the development of their Entrepreneur Program. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN). Image Credit: Anna Renault. I worked for them for 31+ years. 12 – Knocked on Doors.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

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