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More Coders. More Diversity.

Feld Thoughts

Some choose to stay at Techtonic Group, where they become part of a team to build custom software, mobile applications and content-managed websites, while others move on to Techtonic Group clients. The post More Coders. After about six months, graduating apprentices are qualified junior developers, ready to work. More Diversity.

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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

He was using 3 rd parties to build his app but he had no expertise on how to manage external developers. Having a coder as part of the founding team is essential. Not to become developers but at a minimum to appreciate how to hire and manage technical resources and if possible to deliver the next level of MVP’s themselves.

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

——— If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby on Rails , Nodes.js Set up the logistics to manage your team. to host your company name, email, calendar, etc. For coders: set up a web host. For coders: build the User Interface.

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The Code is your Enemy

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

That’s great of course, because in a new startup everyone needs to be either making stuff or selling stuff — there’s no room for managers and executives and strategists. The weakness is your love of creation. You know you can solve for the first case; who knows about the second?

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Hail The March Of The Citizen Coder

YoungUpstarts

Can we afford to wait for the rise of these coders to attend the workforce? Therein lies the need for the citizen coder. Self-taught and digitally native, the citizen coder is a symbol of 21st century success and a ready-made solution to a yawning skills gap. There are plenty of precedents for this kind of platform approach.

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San Antonio-based Assembla Buys MyGet

SiliconHills

Assembla, a software development platform based in San Antonio, has announced plans to acquire MyGet, a software management company, based in Belgium. Assembla, founded in 2005 and acquired by Scaleworks in 2016, is a software as a service company that sells a platform that allows coders […].

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. When I got to college, I did not see myself as a full-time coder, so I majored in biology, which was my favorite subject at the time. Tell me a bit about your background.