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

ReadWriteStart

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? The Developer Bootcamp is designed to help anyone get started coding - and they might even get a job at a startup or tech heavyweight out of it as well. So began Developer Boot Camp.

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[Infographic] Silicon Valley Engineering Salaries In 2012

YoungUpstarts

2012 has proved to be a great year for developers – at least as far as financial compensation goes. The continuing tech boom has resulted in strong competition for top engineering talent, resulting in a subsequent upward surge in salary scales as well. But how much has it grown? Despite a year-on-year fall of 3.6-percent

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Verified Data Will Prevent “Fake It Til You Make It”

Hunter Walker

The column touches on the increasing proclivity (or even probability) that you develop and espouse an opinion without even experiencing the source data itself. A software engineer who claims proficiency in Ruby might display a github score. It’s sort of an “experience gate” as opposed to a paygate.

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

ReadWriteStart

They have all the needs of any business - including sales, marketing, product development and design - to go along with all of those software engineers. It can be even harder to develop the skills needed to not just survive in a startup, but to thrive. Startups are businesses. Coding is just one part of the equation.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

Prosperati HOME BLOG ABOUT CONTACT Blog Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2 Posted 07.15.2009 in Blog In my previous article ( Can a Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 1 ), I talked about alignment of interest and trust as being the two most critical aspect when starting a new offshore development team.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. Drupal works at all levels of software development. Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder.

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

Rob Go

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Ruby specialists. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Raizlabs – Mobile Development. Intrepid – Mobile development.

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