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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. My undergrad was in Nutritional Science at UT Austin, and I have a graduate business degree from Arizona State University. This has all been a plot twist I didn’t think was possible.

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recruitHER interviews: Danielle Cohen, Software Engineer at Runkeeper

Austin Startup

The company was recently… Continue reading on Austin Startups ». recruitHER client Runkeeper is a Boston-based startup that’s making the world healthier, one workout at a time.

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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 8–15

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895

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MeasrFood, a Smart Food Scale, Wins Intel’s Internet of Things Roadshow in Austin

SiliconHills

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Americans have a problem counting calories which contributes to skyrocketing rates of obesity, said Brad Hughes, software engineer at National Instruments. Austin Intel Internet of Things'

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

The demand for software engineers continues to exceed the supply by several orders of magnitude. Software Engineers also tend to command a much higher salary. Recruiting engineers is hard enough, but having to deal with fake/scam candidates makes it that much harder. Yes, you read that correctly.

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How to Find the Right Online Communities

David Teten

Second, I suggest using some of the search engines for finding online communities: Community-Finder. Third, look on an internet search engine for all combinations of words from each of the two columns on the right below, e.g., “New York software engineers group”. . Software engineers”. Community Findr.

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Road to Hire to Bring Paid Tech Training and Job Access to Under-Resourced Young Adults (18–25) in…

Austin Startup

Vanessa Baker, an August 2020 Road to Hire graduate, who is now a successful software engineer at Bank of America in Charlotte, said, “The power of Road to Hire to invest in and build the next generation of tech professionals cannot be quantified. So many young people in Austin?—?and which is a quickly growing tech hub.