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More Coders. More Diversity.

Feld Thoughts

If a client hires an apprentice, Techtonic does not charge a conversion fee, which can run into the thousands for a junior developer hired through a traditional recruiter. The post More Coders. As Heather told me, “I have an Ivy League education, but that’s not where I learned to code. More Diversity.

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Steve Blank

——— If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby on Rails , Nodes.js Use Skype or Google+ Hangouts for team conversations. to host your company name, email, calendar, etc. For coders: set up a web host. Size the market opportunity.

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What Are Messenger Bots?

YoungUpstarts

Fortunately, there is plenty of information for developers, coders, and programmers, allowing you to easily implement chatbots. Such interactions are similar to having conversations with families, colleagues, and friends. So, if you want to start using chatbots, the following chatbot creation guide would be best for you.

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A Technical Cofounder Tells You How To Find Your Technical Cofounder, Where The Stuff We Return to Amazon Goes, a Benchmark VC on Rethinking Your AI Startup, and More….

Hunter Walker

The show included a surreptitiously recorded conversation with an employee of a “product-destruction” facility, who described receiving truckload after truckload of Amazon returns and shredding everything—ostensibly for recycling, although the recoverable content of a chewed-up random selection of consumer goods is not high.

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How to hack the recruitment process to find the best developers for your startup or agency

The Next Web

The right developer on the other hand can start you off on the correct footing, pivot any incorrect tech choices, network to pull in more skilled coders and motivate them to do their best work. Go to the coders. One of the most common causes of death among startups is people. Make your interview process unique to your culture.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

This was intended as a personal observation, not an ageist statement, and we devolved into a conversation about brain plasticity. Older coders like me view this as a tax on software development time, but younger coders accept it as a given and seem to not only take it in stride but revel in their evolving expertise.

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How To: Be A Good Employee, Be A Great Boss | #winningcareers

Occam's Razor

When you bring a solution(s) along with the problem, in addition to demonstrateing empathy, you've gifted your boss some starting points for a productive conversation. Actual conversation: Me: Why would you approve that decision and support it? They tell a coder how to write advanced code. It also shows ambition.

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