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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again!

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How to Identify and Attract the Best Software Development Talent

Transformify

With technologies advancing from time to time, there is a significant need for the best software developers now more than ever. And the only way to do that is by being creative and strategic with your approach to hiring software developers. And we're going to help you with that. Let's get started!

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Hiring for tech jobs in Calgary has changed.

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Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early

SoCal CTO

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. Pull the Plug Early - poor developers who exhibit symptoms of weak development will not become good.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

Being able to hire talented professionals remains a difficult proposition in the current job market, especially when sourcing experienced developers, designers, and project managers. Outside project work for clients helps to assemble talented development teams. Agencies Need Well-Defined Procedures for Startup Development.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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How to Build an All-Star Remote Technology Team

The Startup Magazine

In this article, we will talk about all-star software development teams and some ways to build one. Hiring a unicorn like that may involve pushing your search outside your region like hiring Ukrainian developers. With remote teams, you can hire a vendor if you don’t want to hire engineers personally.