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Spotlight on Engineering Team Building: Lessons learned from Algolia

Cracking the Code

Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Ruby specialists.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Tailor resumes and cover letters for product manager job applications to each specific role.

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

firstround.com

How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Product and Engineering. How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO. Ian Langworth started his career as an O’Reilly author and software engineer at Google. Not too long ago, I was a software engineer preparing to start my very first company.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Today I own and manage a company specifically designed to help people grow their portfolios. After working in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years, I came up with an idea that lead me into the NYC World of Tech and am now solving missed connections. Thanks to Jason Bond, Jason Bond Picks ! #6

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

2010-06-19) # What about design mockups using eg. But what I think was hard, and it was something he couldnt consider was that it would be harder to find a *maintaining* programmer, and how much it would cost to run the software, because of technical details he didnt understand. I love your posts Derek, you really GIVE. mockingbird?