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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. That same day back in June 2016, I decided I was going to be a software engineer.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

Running a company blog where I shared case studies and stories from company life has been a smart move. Reputation will be as important as ever in 2018—only now, it’s more about your brand identity spread through digital channels. Use scheduling software for social media and be consistent. Build a solid online image.

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3 Things You Need To Be Aware Of When Calculating A Budget For An App Like Etsy

YoungUpstarts

Just take a look at one of the most impressive examples: in 2018, Amazon’s net profit exceeded $10 billion , which is twice as much as in 2017. Even if you truly believe they can, your team needs to include at least one experienced team leader to guide the rest of the engineers through software development specifics.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2019

Hearpreneur

My goals for the new year are to release my blog, connect with a range of clients, build my email list and to never stop learning. My focus is on photography, travel and my blog. In 2018 I learned to drive a car on a left-hand side, started to meditate, learned how to play poker and make an ollie on a snowboard. 3- Four goals.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

And this doesn’t even begin to address the time-suck of recruiting high-level engineering talent. Sequoia Capital, one of the world’s most successful venture funds, recently published a blog post that put the challenge of recruiting a world-class engineering team of 12 into stark perspective. Not likely.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

Building Your Brand in Texas & Beyond” with Dan Graham @ Notley Ventures Ranked America’s top state for businesses in 2018 by CNBC, Texas’ rapid entrepreneurial growth and business-friendly attitude have made the state an attractive place to start and expand a business nationwide. You don’t need rockstar engineers.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #4: Seven lessons learned on the journey from founder to CEO

Austin Startup

For the fourth selection of The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, I decided to celebrate ABJ’s Best CEOs of 2018. During my speech, I promised to put my notes up on my blog and so here they are. And then Rafa Pereira, our Director of Software Engineering, really pushed us to embrace OKRs three quarters ago.

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