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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. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018.

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The Software Product Myth

Software By Rob

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! It may wind up for sale on SitePoint , or it may be relegated to the bone yard of failed software products. 21 Go with Reasons 2 and 6 | nPost Blog on 12.05.08

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Shaw, Dallas Web Design Inc ! #15- Navigating the cumbersome processes associated with my father’s tragic cancer diagnosis and treatments, I drew on my deep experience in design, user research, software engineering and data analysis and turned my entrepreneurial attention to healthcare. Thanks to Brad M.

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

blog.expensify.com

Expensify Blog. Blog posts like this might be part of why you’re finding it hard to hire good people. Think of it like Ruby on Rails, you can do the “Blog in 15 minutes” trick by scaffolding everything in RoR, but it won’t be a production app. « chawisa's blog. Sunday edit : Still going!

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