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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

So without further delay: Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design.

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Techies? Write Your Own Ticket In Southern California

blog.socaltech.com

My conclusion: if you’re a software engineer, with good technical background and ability, you can pretty much write your own ticket in Southern California. and even bigger, architecture-level talent (particularly software architects who know how to scale a web based service or software). Why do I say that?

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Ruby specialists.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. He says that intentional Web 2.0 Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Names based on rhymes (TopShop, T-Mobile HotSpot), repetition ( Bebo , Lala ), and alliteration ( Firefox , BlackBerry ) tend to be memorable.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

If your developer knows ruby-on-rails but doesn’t care about the application you are creating, then there is no guarantee that their work will be as precise or consistent as you need – or that they will go the extra mile. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

How To Calculate Whether A Freelance Web Application Programmer Is Asking For Too Much Step 1: Use the Indeed.com Salary Tool to Search for Their Job Title By Salary Level. In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. at this stage. Now you have your burden: $7.15/hr.