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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

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They’ll have a view on whether Ruby on Rails is worth the hassle. Some CTO’s swear that it is a huge improvement in development timeframes and doesn’t cause performance issues. Others think you should never build anything highly scalable on Ruby. They often aren’t great at planning development work.

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Entrepreneurs Don’t “Noodle” They Do

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Should you build in Ruby, Java or.NET? Should you hire an extra developer now or a business development resource? Should you go with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or have your own servers hosted at RackSpace? Should you sign a 2-year lease or rent month-to-month? Should we take angel money or just go for a seed round from a VC?