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How I Found a Great CTO

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Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. This time, I decided to handle the process myself.

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Which language should my startup use?

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Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Ruby on Rails doesnt scale? Technology enthusiasts tend to get tangled up in enthusiasm for their chosen platforms, so wed like to provide an objective summary.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

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MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Mass TLC Unconference: Large annual conference put on by the MA Technology Leadership Council. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Ruby specialists.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. In this case, figure out the technology platform you’re likely to use and go where the users gather.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

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In my role as a CTO, Ive always tried to choose the right tool for the right job. Good article, this is exactly the reason Im still primarily a PHP developer rather than Ruby or Python. There are a lot of C and C++ programmers out there who have had to move to web based development and Python and Ruby are not C.

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

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Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. March 25, 2011 at 1:41 pm. Matt Sherman.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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An Internet entrepreneur needs a website. I found the group of Ruby enthusiasts in SFRuby to be quite active and social. I volunteered as a teaching assistant in Sarahs very first class teaching Ruby and the two of us became good friends. From No To CTO. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.