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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

He also said, “The most important hire I made in my time at the JAIC was the chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani.” In this class session Nand Mulchandani, JAIC CTO who just completed an extended stint as Acting Director, continued the discussion of AI and the role of the JAIC. That’s it.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Experienced, talented software engineers have lots of options in life, and most of them involve getting paid. Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Imagine you’re a highly-trained software engineer. Need to learn about IP, patents, etc.?

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

blog.expensify.com

I think the real moral of this story is, (1) if you want to work at a startup, make sure the CTO cares about problem solving and not technology religion, (2) if you’re cooking steaks on a gas grill and you see your CTO warming up a dead squirrel over a book of matches, starting looking for a new job. Joel Martinez.

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