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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca Ontario a Tech Giant.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

In her well-regarded (but boringly named) book “ Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages ” Carlota Perez outlines the history of many of our great leaps forward in innovation. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. 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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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

Shortly after I graduated from college in 1990, America entered a recession. My generation, dubbed Generation X after a popular novel of the same name , was typically characterized as being aimless and cynical, prematurely embittered by dead-end jobs, the generally awful state of the world, and an overall sense of cultural exhaustion.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. Name one widely acclaimed or groundbreaking technology or technique to come out of the.NET realm in the past 5 years? Now name one that didn’t come from Microsoft? It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. Elaine Kenny.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

Such household names as Google, Intel and eBay were started by at least one immigrant founder. Yet, we make it very difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and build their companies in America. The free flow of capital across borders is one of the most critical ways to expand opportunities for US companies.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

If you want the site to translate ancient Arabic poetry to Spanish to increase global tolerance, just say, “Translate paragraphs from Arabic to Spanish.” Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: If you want to sell videos, you dont need to say whats in the videos. Be succinct. Programmers love that.