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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

YoungUpstarts

This is the model we see at software companies that are doing exceptionally well. The base model takes care of heavy coding the way a Levittown house simplifies building, and then improvements and customization don’t require a software engineering army. since 2002 and its Chief Executive Officer since February 8, 2006.

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

Let’s circle back to Latinitas’ first interaction with IBM, back to our start in 2002. In 2012, IBM graciously provided a $6,500 super server to connect our two program bases in Austin and El Paso. We thank IBM Customer Architect and Master Inventor Janani Janakiraman, Software Engineer Karen Siles (now a Latinitas board member!),

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

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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