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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. The typical probationary period in Southeast Asia is usually three to six months with a three day notice period should the employee decide to terminate the contract.

Asia 100
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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. Wow, it looks like every.NET developer was sent a mass email saying to complain about the original post! Guess what?

Java 107
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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. THANK YOU!!! and that is good.