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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. And by 1949, 652 employees and by 1955, 1400. Finally, ERA’s penchant for extreme secrecy left them unschooled in the art of marketing, sales, and Public Relations. ERA’s headcount grew rapidly.

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

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. Expensify Blog. Some additional comments at the end.

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