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How did you become a hardcore back-end developer?

Diego Basch

Fast forward to 1997. I’m doing my masters at Carnegie Mellon, enjoying the most awesome network connection. Are we killing the network? If you are a software developer, try to work for a while on a web-scale problem. Basic, Pascal, Assembly, C. I download my first mp3, a novelty back then. Write prototypes.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. Now, the present.