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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). More red tape.

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The End Of The Road For Web Services

blogs.computerworlduk.com

Simon Phipps Subscribe to this blog About Author Computer industry veteran Simon Phipps is now at large in the open source movement and sending dispatches with the latest news from the inside. It led to software applications that by default were complex, brittle and heavy. Follow me as @webmink on Twitter and Identi.Ca

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

They share their learnings on Flexible VC and pioneering rural startup ecosystems on the GCVF blog. More on Reformation and their insights can be found on their Medium blog. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city. Region: Global with focus on Europe and US .

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

29:15) Skills in demand, including design, software engineers, and people to vet volunteers and projects. (32:23) He was an immigrant from Romania, a software engineer, came to the Bay Area, did Y Combinator, started a company, sold it, made connections, and became part of this ecosystem. I was in Eastern Europe.

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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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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

For some time now, it has been possible to outsource engineering labor to other countries. There are plenty of companies poised to serve your needs in Bangalore, the Philippines, and across Eastern Europe. They’re low cost and capable of delivering specific — but mostly basic — engineering services. Not likely.

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

techcrunch.com

Previously, he was a staff technology writer at Adweek, worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. For new MacBook Pro owners, a software update awaits.

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