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

The Next Web

Hiring developers for your tech company undoubtedly involves making some of the most important decisions you’ll reach for your organisation. 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.

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‘I don’t know’: Why admitting you don’t have all the answers is perfectly okay

The Next Web

I want to share an interesting conversation I had with Kiran Divvela back when he was still interviewing for our company. Kiran was one of our toughest hires. More like trying to write with a crayon when the rest of our conversation had been written in pen. Kiran runs all of our data supply chain activities. It was the truth. “I

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Interviewing Engineers? Enough with the Whiteboard Coding!

Diego Basch

One thing I can say with 100% certainty is that making someone code on the board won’t give you any information that you couldn’t get from a phone conversation. The point of an engineering interview is to figure out if you want to hire a person or not. This is because hiring the wrong person could be extremely damaging to a company.

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How To Get Hired At A Startup Without Experience

YoungUpstarts

You can edit your profile to make it impeccable and strike a direct conversation with the hiring manager. It is invaluable as it shows your hiring manager your way of thinking. I got hired mainly because of this reason. LinkedIn is a must in your startup job pursuit. Prepare the 3 necessities. d) Related side products.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder. The world has changed – software development, app dev, and software engineering are taking over the center of the conversation, and Drupal/PHP is taking over the lead. Big boy applications.

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What Are Messenger Bots?

YoungUpstarts

It could be too costly for businesses to hire employees and attach funding to sustain them with basic things. 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.