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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

work is mostly drupal, wordpress, seo and php/lamp. I have been able to successfully scale three different software development service centers offshore. In the past I’ve acquired an offshore company after working together for about a year, that worked well, gave us the chance to get to know each other and protected our IP.

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

blog.expensify.com

Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code. ” The cherry on top for me was that you guys are a PHP shop! This attitude is plain stupid arrogance.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. Computer – If you’re writing software you’re probably upgrading your PC every 2-3 years. 4 Inflecto [Software Developers] on 01.08.09 Costs range from $300-$1000 per year.