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

Both Sides of the Table

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. The world had just gone into crisis and I was in a period of reflection reminiscent of September 2001.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

My generation, dubbed Generation X after a popular novel of the same name , was typically characterized as being aimless and cynical, prematurely embittered by dead-end jobs, the generally awful state of the world, and an overall sense of cultural exhaustion. And you didn’t need to get permission from the government or corporate gatekeepers.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN). No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs.

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

blog.expensify.com

Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. Name one widely acclaimed or groundbreaking technology or technique to come out of the.NET realm in the past 5 years? Now name one that didn’t come from Microsoft? It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. Elaine Kenny.

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