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Code Reviews: What I Look For

Austin Startup

Code reviews 101 Code reviews are part of the daily workflow of most engineers, and the team I work on is no exception. We have a two-person approval process for each pull request before merging any code, so the code review process is one we take seriously. Should this piece of code be tested?

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22 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

COVID-19 was also a key driver to innovation as many people are working from home and need reliable tech equipment. The reason for its success is due to not holding ‘compromises’ as an option. Their focus on technology is also a key role in their innovation. Thanks to Aiden Cole, HIDE ! #2- Photo Credit: Christina Giaquinto.

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Programmer Competency Matrix

www.starling-software.com

Able to recognize and code dynamic programming solutions, good knowledge of graph algorithms, good knowledge of numerical computation algorithms, able to identify NP problems etc. Understands what assembly code is and how things work at the hardware level. Software Engineering. Some knowledge of virtual memory and paging.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Many startups use Ruby on Rails. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? In practice, it means that you lose the server that the code is executing on.

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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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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

I was born without a left hand, and because Open Bionics innovated on affordable and sophisticated 3D printed prosthetics, my life has improved drastically, in big ways and small, and most importantly, I will be able to take better care of my daughter who is due in November. Thanks to Christopher Kim, Mighty K Marketing & Strategy ! #2-

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Hiring Employee #1

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

On the other hand, if during the interview she asks how often you do performance reviews, that means she doesn’t understand the startup culture. You already live by this Code of Turmoil because you’re the entrepreneur; you have no choice. Or therapy. Potential earnings (e.g. salary, benefits). Writing skills are required.

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