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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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How Software Developers Really Spend Their Time

readwrite.com

And you thought being a software engineer was all about dreaming up clever algorithms or amazing graphics routines and then instantiating them in elegant, tightly written code. It turns out, at least according to a survey conducted by software delivery service Electric Cloud , that developers spend almost 20% of their time.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

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. Unfortunately, having a technical background and being a good coder doesn''t necessarily translate well into being a good CTO. Some of the top symptoms are: Frequently missed deadlines.

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Interviewing Engineers? Enough with the Whiteboard Coding!

Diego Basch

There’s a lot of superstition in engineering interviews, and here’s where I need to pull my credentials. I’ve been interviewing software engineers since the 90s. The point of an engineering interview is to figure out if you want to hire a person or not. Well, you get my point. 3) Does he live in the past? Far from it.

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Election Postscript – That’s Pride Talking

Growthink Blog

As in where to build that electric car plant, where to put that server farm, where to assemble that team of software engineers. And the rising powers of our age, the Brazils, the Indias, the Chinas, fight not with tanks and guns but with bits and bytes and rent-a-coder and hard work and hustle. This challenge?

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Case Study: Lean UX at work

Startup Lessons Learned

Roles, such as software engineer, user experience designer and product manager, come with narrow and explicitly-assumed responsibilities. For example, software engineering write code. Conversely, input on coding decisions have also become open to non-coders.

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How to Think Like a Hacker, Even if You Can’t Code

David Teten

But they are also former software engineers and hackers, an experience that undoubtedly taught them skills in critical thinking and problem solving. Making savvy business decisions is not only about engineering, but also sales and marketing, business development, recruiting, and all the other functions of business.

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