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Developer Bootcamp Teaches Regular Folks To Code - and Maybe Get a Job at a Startup

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That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. If you can pick up the rudiments of Spanish or French in a couple of weeks, how hard could it be to get started with Ruby On Rails? That led to a post on Hacker News offering to teach people how to develop in Ruby.

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In Boston, a School to Learn How to Work at a Startup

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The Boston Startup School , founded at TechStars Boston (see For TechStars Boston, Life Beyond the Pitch ), is creating a program that will give aspiring entrepreneurs and others all the tools they will need to work at a startup. To a certain extent, Boston Startup School is a feeder program for students into TechStars companies.

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Programmer Competency Matrix

www.starling-software.com

Able to recognize and code dynamic programming solutions, good knowledge of graph algorithms, good knowledge of numerical computation algorithms, able to identify NP problems etc. systems programming Doesnt know what a compiler, linker or interpreter is Basic understanding of compilers, linker and interpreters. Software Engineering.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community – August 2012

Rob Go

This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Olin College Foundry Program. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Startup School – Professional accelerator program for recent graduates.

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

Rob Go

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Olin College Foundry Program.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. Olin College Foundry Program. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Ruby specialists.

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

blog.expensify.com

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. I’ve used Compact.NET (in pre-iPhone era), GUI programming for windows, and games with XNA.

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