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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Microsoft started down this path when they were the only game in town, explicitly to maintain their monopoly by making it as hard as possible to either port Windows apps to non-Windows platforms, or to even conceive of how to do it in the first place. Basically, the lesson in this guys argument is entirely non-technical. Get a grip.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

Team with co-workers at your current job or that internship you did last summer. Just make sure to not violate any non-competes, etc, in the process! Honestly assess your own strengths and weaknesses thoroughly. Go to a reputable business astrologer and work with him/her to complete steps 1 and 2.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.