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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Could $100,000 and the right developer skills make you an overnight billionaire? With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”.

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Why and When to Learn to Program

Spencer Fry

I took a Visual Basic class in high school, enjoyed it, graduated in 2002 and entered college on track to get a Computer Science degree. There will be dozens of times during the development of your project and your learning to program, that you'll run into bugs that take you several hours to problem solve.

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How to Find the Time to Accomplish Anything

Feld Thoughts

In the last five years, I’ve managed to find the time to write, publish and promote multiple books, including two award-winning bestsellers , develop a web application, maintain a blog, and present at conferences. In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. Enter the Craziness.

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

In the last two years, my productivity also improved when I started developing and experimenting with my own business ideas during my spare time. I learned Ruby on Rails. How I started I tried Ruby on Rails a few months ago but my experience was very frustrating. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails.

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

In the last two years, my productivity also improved when I started developing and experimenting with my own business ideas during my spare time. I learned Ruby on Rails. How I started I tried Ruby on Rails a few months ago but my experience was very frustrating. So far I have developed two projects in Ruby on Rails.

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

blog.expensify.com

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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