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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. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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Follow This Six-Point Checklist To Strengthen Employee Onboarding

YoungUpstarts

Studies show that among software engineers in India, new employees sought out more information when they were socialized within the organization. The cost of one failed executive for a company is 213% of their salary, according to the Center for American Progress. Go Beyond Introductions with Socializing.

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

It has been a while since I posted to the K9 Ventures blog. 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. Along the way, I’ve learned and am learning a LOT. Like a lot, a lot.

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How to Identify and Attract the Best Software Development Talent

Transformify

And although the competition for finding top talents is tough, causing some recruiters to snag up the first interested software developers with hazy relevant experience, getting the right talent is still more crucial. And the only way to do that is by being creative and strategic with your approach to hiring software developers.

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

YoungUpstarts

Building a software product, the massive part of your budget is the developers’ salary. Junior engineers cannot deliver a high-quality product. 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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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

The best people are either getting offers from or already working for, an 800-pound gorilla that won’t even notice a salary that might break your bank. And this doesn’t even begin to address the time-suck of recruiting high-level engineering talent. ” Last year, the cut off was $105,350.

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How Much Equity a Technical Cofounder Should Get - Nathan Hurst's Blog

blog.nahurst.com

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. Compensation is probably between $0 and a ramen salary. 6a] Salary upon funding -0%: No extra equity for getting a salary upon funding.