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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

But today, the equilibrium is shifting for many founders. Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software help keep teams in sync. The best people are either getting offers from or already working for, an 800-pound gorilla that won’t even notice a salary that might break your bank. And office rents?

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Transformify: The Sustainable Platform for Remote Jobs

Transformify

Traveling around the world, I met startup founders, forex traders, marketers, online shop owners, travel bloggers, Instagram influencers and digital business entrepreneurs of all kinds. Tech startups were running out of cash prior to launching great products over talent shortage and ever-increasing salaries and rents.

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

ReadWriteStart

San Francisco-based Developer Boot Camp was an idea that started with a friend in need. The initial class, taught mostly by Bishay and a group of volunteers, produced 21 students, 15 of whom got job offers (with an average starting salary of $79,000) as developers at the end of the program. A Vocational School for Programmers.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. However, figuring out the way your startup should make money could be challenging, especially for us left­-brained founders.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

For example, if you were paying close attention to the rise of YouTube in the mid-2000s, you would have understood it wasn’t just going to create new jobs for software engineers – but also a much larger number of new jobs in video production, advertising, entertainment, education, and more. It’s not just a salary issue.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It was definitely a huge leap to leave the corporate world (and the salary and security that comes with it) and start a company. With a wealth of financial knowledge, I took a risk and became the CFO of a clean tech startup and eventually moved to San Francisco where my entire high end wardrobe became obsolete.

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

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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