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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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As one of the coherent commentators says below, Joel Spolsky himself laments schools teaching Java with the same basic reasoning of my article above, albeit more diplomatically stated.) .NET But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide.

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Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 2)

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Your consultant, in turn, will walk the fine line of giving you the answer you want to hear while raising the scope and cost of the project, possibly even creating milestones along the way, ensuring an ongoing, gainful relationship. The cost of adding too much “scalability” up front is a more complex product, harder to test and maintain.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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If you have a friend who is a recruiter then ask them to tell you what they recommend that will not cost anything. This means considering what the opportunity cost for working on a high risk venture is relative to other things they can spend their time on. If they own a Mac Book Pro that may cost around $1,800 bucks (new).

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

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Youll stop and communicate at each, making sure youre happy before continuing. Youll estimate time and cost better. Nothing essential that I disagree with you in your post, but when read by other people with minimal software engineering experience, they can have too high expectations. in a short period of time.