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More Coders. More Diversity.

Feld Thoughts

Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technology jobs, despite often severe talent shortages. The post More Coders. Reach out to Heather if you’d like more information. More Diversity.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

I''m spending more of my time recently working with non-technical startup founders who are having challenges with their software/web/mobile development teams. These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. So what do you do?

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A Technical Cofounder Tells You How To Find Your Technical Cofounder, Where The Stuff We Return to Amazon Goes, a Benchmark VC on Rethinking Your AI Startup, and More….

Hunter Walker

Here’s a brief smart take on thinking about what you’re actually selling as an AI startup (really as any B2B SaaS startup I’d say): “To do this, rather than sell software to improve an end-user’s productivity, founders should consider what it would look like to sell the work itself.”

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How Andela Finds and Trains World-Class Engineers in Africa [Traction #41: Christina Sass]

View from Seed

Christina Sass is co-founder and COO of Andela, a company that locates, trains, and staffs world-class engineers in Africa for hire by tech companies in the US and elsewhere. They’ve sparked a movement, cracked the code on finding great coders, and have attracted investors like Mark Zuckerberg.

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Recruiting Startup Engineers | Femgineer

femgineer.com

Femgineer Coder. HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Engineers love to build, solve tough problems, and make progress. When to start recruiting?

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How to hack the recruitment process to find the best developers for your startup or agency

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jason Cartwright , the founder of Potato , a 65-person Web development agency headquartered in London. The right developer on the other hand can start you off on the correct footing, pivot any incorrect tech choices, network to pull in more skilled coders and motivate them to do their best work.

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‘I don’t know’: Why admitting you don’t have all the answers is perfectly okay

The Next Web

Jason Freedman is the co-founder of 42Floors , making it easy for everyone to rent office space. A couple of times a founder was in such a salesy mode that we both knew he was b *g his answers, but he refused to show anything other than total confidence. He’s a two-time Y Combinator alum and blogs regularly on humbledMBA.