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

The Next Web

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. Not PHP, not ASP.net, not XYZ tech. ” RC: “[pause]… PHP?” Go to the coders. We use Python.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

Your potential customer base grows as tools become simpler and easier to use, even non-coders can build a professional website with minimal effort. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites. The first iPhone was so intuitive that three-year-old kids could use it. Does that apply in software world?

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We’re all coders

Start Up Blog

As a startup entrepreneur I often get asked if I’m coder. And no, I haven’t gone out and learned PHP or Ruby or the latest groovy language. Yes, we’re all coders. I used to say no. My answer used to be something like: our job as an entrepreneurs is to organise the factors of production, not be them.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

Anyone who’s been around me for the past 6-12 months has been inundated with my evangelism of eCommerce in general and Drupal + PHP. They bring with them confidence, tools, brilliant people and believe it or not, Drupal and PHP. Drupal and PHP were tools I’ve acknowledged for a decade but never studied much.

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Techcofounder If you’re starting a company, chances are you either are a coder or need a coder. Coders can create anonymous profiles and accept solicitations to work on projects or join a team. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location. 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game.

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Coda- one window web development for OS X

Jason Ball

Another useful (unless you’re a ninja coder) is the Book Library integration. You have HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP reference manuals built right in- which means you can find specific code in 3 nano seconds. Split windows are really helpful as well. The software is at 1.0.3,

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New Web Order - Finding a Technical Co-Founder

nikcub.appspot.com

Freenode is the network most popular with developers today, especially with open source projects (channels such as #python, #rubyonrails, ##php etc. Rent-a-coder and Guru - These sites, and the millions of others like them, are in a different category. IRC - I booted my entire tech career through people I met on IRC.