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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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How Data Analytics Influences (and Can Better Influence) Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In a recent report, the BLS includes new management, teaching, and software engineering positions that focus on data analytics. Finally, software engineers use data analytics to determine program demand, which helps them stay on top of this highly competitive field. Think about it.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

Being able to hire talented professionals remains a difficult proposition in the current job market, especially when sourcing experienced developers, designers, and project managers. The MVP effectively functions as an evolving prototype, helping provide critical feedback on the efficacy of the app’s design and coding throughout the project.

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Twitter Link Roundup #247 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Where are the Women Software Engineers? – crowdspring.co/12gwMCO. Notegraphy Turns Any Text Into Modern Graphic DesignDesign Milk crowdspring.co/1BqJqxB.

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Everything You Need To Know About R&D Tax Credits 

The Startup Magazine

It was specifically designed to provide incentives to businesses that have a strong R&D program and are always finding ways to develop and improve processes to drive growth and development. The R&D tax credit was designed to provide tax relief and savings for US-based research and development activities.

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3 Things You Need To Be Aware Of When Calculating A Budget For An App Like Etsy

YoungUpstarts

Even if you are a tech-savvy person, and you have a proficiency in some programming language, you still need an IT professional to provide you with a piece of advice concerning tools and technologies to use. It may take more time and money but provide your website with uniqueness, better scalability, more attractive design etc.

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Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what's changed since.

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. The argument itself got me thinking a lot about design and its role in building products.