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Hazards of Hiring

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The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On deployment My favorite question to ask a software development team is "how do you do a release." And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results.

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

As a consumer internet company with millions of customers, it may seem to have little relevancy for an enterprise software company with only a handful of potential customers, or a computer security company whose customers demand a rigorous audit before accepting a new release. Why do software developers think this is acceptable?

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

In fact, growth stage software and internet technology companies are taking advantage of the slow economy to upgrade their talent corps with quality IT specialists who have been laid off. The most exciting thing about this is that these are the types of innovative companies that developers thrive in! .] #8 at 11:31 am [.]

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Five lethal mistakes in offshore software development

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They emerge a few years later in hoards of brilliant and eager software developers. I think he’s right, and I believe that what we’re seeing is a generation of young people, now in their twenties, who speak good English because they grew up with Internet access and were exposed to a lot of English content.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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An Internet entrepreneur needs a website. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money.