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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.

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Verified Data Will Prevent “Fake It Til You Make It”

Hunter Walker

A basic example is you must have downloaded an Apple iOS app before being able to review it. A software engineer who claims proficiency in Ruby might display a github score. It’s sort of an “experience gate” as opposed to a paygate. There are plenty more areas for this to go.

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. So all Fog Creek software engineers are ranked at one of several different levels, level 8 through level 15.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Culture creation is not easy.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

So I decided to become an Entrepreneur and start my own company for people who wanted to learn about trading in the Stock Market. Another benefit was that I was able to complete two master’s degrees, one in Software Engineering, and another in Engineering Management.

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

If you don't accelerate the process, then on a per compound basis, the time that you are potentially prolonging due to not having machine learning compounds relatively quickly when you're dealing with thousands of compounds. You will typically make a lot of compounds, so 3,000, 4,000 compounds. Alpha Lee : Yep.