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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. I think many software developers share that sentiment. The post More Coders. I learned to code doing it on the job.” More Diversity.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

But, there is a serious gap in the discipline, number of developers and community around real software development here. In my career I’ve seen many times the positive effect of a rich software development discipline, full life cycle, QE vs. The Getty, USC, The Grammys, MTV, and many more giant websites built in L.A.

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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. No longer is it sufficient to learn a programming language, its idiosyncrasies, its libraries, and its associated development tools. The essay follows. Continuous integration, continuous learning.

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Why You Should Re-architect Your Career to Amplify Your Strengths

Software By Rob

Now Back to Software Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. MY EXAMPLE Let’s translate this to being a software developer / entrepreneur. February 3rd, 2010 | Becoming a Better Developer , Software Development Building your startup? Except it is not.

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8 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Programming Career

Software By Rob

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 9 Recession Proof Your Programming Skills - Nick Berardi’s Coder Journal on 04.16.09 at 3:04 am [.] .] #8

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Five lethal mistakes in offshore software development

murkygrey.com

They emerge a few years later in hoards of brilliant and eager software developers. To avoid this mistake: Encourage offshore participants to explain back to you their understanding of a conversation (especially if the conversation is one-sided in nature, e.g. you are assigning tasks or briefing them on a new initiative).

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. Not likely.