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MakerBot Is Hiring Software and Manufacturing Engineers

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MakerBot is hiring a lot of folks but they have a two specific needs that are unique. Software Engineer with a focus in Computational Geometry and Image Processing ( [link] applicantstack.com/x/detail/ a2m4ro97dz39 ). If you fit the description, or know someone who does, please reach out to me or apply.

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How To Fix Obamacare

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Many years ago I read Fredrick Brooks iconic book on software engineering – The Mythical Man-Month. One of his key messages is that adding additional software engineers to an already late project will just delay things more. Government cto government harper reed mythical-man month obamacare software engineering tech'

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More On Recruiting Programmers To Your Startup

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You want to showcase your best engineers in the process balanced with those who are good interviewers (which can be wildly different). Have an awesome engineering process that you are pros at and can showcase in the interview. It’s an extremely tight hiring market for software developers right now.

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Boulder Is Hiring!

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A total of 13 companies are looking to fill more than 100 technical positions covering a wide variety of programming languages and ranging from entry-level positions to senior embedded engineers with 10 or more years of experience. The post Boulder Is Hiring! If you’re curious, stop by. appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Dilbert on Cultural Fit

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I’ve written before about hiring for cultural fit, and about the importance of prioritizing cultural fit over competence when hiring at startups. I started thinking about it again when I saw this Dilbert comic , because it pokes fun at the culture of startups and their propensity only to hire people who fit into them.

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More Coders. More Diversity.

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Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technology jobs, despite often severe talent shortages. As Heather told me, “I have an Ivy League education, but that’s not where I learned to code.

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Startups Looking to Hire CU Students?

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Dear Founders and Friends, As students at CU Boulder, we have noticed that there are many startups that would love hire more interns and full time employees from the university, and lots of students would love to work at a startup. Go sign up to hire some CU Students ! However, there seems to be a disconnect between the two.

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