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[Infographic] Silicon Valley Engineering Salaries In 2012

YoungUpstarts

The continuing tech boom has resulted in strong competition for top engineering talent, resulting in a subsequent upward surge in salary scales as well. percent in the final quarter of 2012, overall average annual salaries has increased 3.7-percent But how much has it grown? Despite a year-on-year fall of 3.6-percent

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

ReadWriteStart

If you can pick up the rudiments of Spanish or French in a couple of weeks, how hard could it be to get started with Ruby On Rails? He lost a bet to me and owed me some money and I told him, 'hey, go teach yourself Ruby On Rails. That led to a post on Hacker News offering to teach people how to develop in Ruby.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

“The short answer is that it will take 10 hours,” answers Werdelin, who built a Twitter clone in a one-day Ruby on Rails course. Assume $160 for a Ruby on Rails course plus free Heroku, a cloud platform as a service that allows you to instantly deploy an app. So 15 people at an average salary of $110,000 and you’re looking at about $1.65

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250 Developers

This is going to be BIG.

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. Plus, my fear is that there are barriers in those areas that may be difficult to scale—namely salary and lifestyle. Create a model for learning that is both effective and economically efficient.

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How to Find the Time to Accomplish Anything

Feld Thoughts

During this period, I helped Hewlett-Packard save on the order of ten million dollars a year on customer support costs, roughly a 100x return on my salary. OK, I drew a salary while at HP.) Fortunately, my spouse, Erin, is also a do-er: competing in triathlons and half-marathons, founding the band Ruby Calling , and recording music.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. View More » Social Good President Obama Tells Gay Teens "It G. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and. Social Good Is as Easy as Texting 3 Ways Small Businesses are Investing. Ed Helms and Celebrity Friends Fight. JoinSquare at Square, Inc. Marketing Manager at Fanscape (Lo.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. Although most aren’t in a place to be startup cofounders for financial reasons, I now have access to a large talent pool once I can offer a salary.