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[Infographic] 2012 Q3: Software Engineering Salaries in Silicon Valley

YoungUpstarts

Software engineers are extremely high in demand, and over the past few years the growth in their salaries has shown exactly how much in demand they are. Salaries, representative of software engineers and developers at emerging growth companies within the Bay Area – have grown by 5.3-percent Their conclusion?

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Most of the costs incurred by Microsoft in developing new versions of Windows involve paying engineers to write software codes. These emerging market economies are now tired of being mere producers of “Designed in California” products and are starting to invest in innovation. These costs are largely fixed.

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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. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.”

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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

At a young age I watched her open a bakery, which in the early 80′s was ahead of its time in serving croissants, gourmet coffee and high-end, homemade cakes, cheesecakes and french pastries for our small town of Sacramento, California (Carmichael, if you know the area). She started it with a partner, 50-50.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

00:00:06] DEREK: Tell us about growing up in Northern California, tell us about what your dad did, what your mom did, and your family a little bit. [00:00:52] I grew up in Northern California. They paid engineers $4,000 more entry-point. Engineering vs. non-engineering. [00:10:32] Engineering degree.

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