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Hazards of Hiring

www.ericsink.com

The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear.

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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?". Answer: All self-taught.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

For three years I worked at Bug Labs (open source hardware company). We not only told everyone what we did, we posted the source code and the blueprints online. source [link] ) -- humblest_ever 215 days ago | link. > Nobody ever stole our ideas.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

Apple has attempted to get medical researchers to create new health apps by developing ResearchKit , an open source framework for researchers. This effort – Apple software development and third-party app development – feels understaffed and underfunded. What’s Not Working? Great idea. Outside the U.S.,

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