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Apache Spark Becomes Easy To Implement With These 7 Tips

YoungUpstarts

The Big Data world is quite familiar with Apache Spark- a powerful open-source processing engine which is mainly built around speed, incredible analytics, and ease of use. If you are working with Apache Spark then you would definitely know that it has 4 different APIs support for different languages including Scala, Python, Java, and R.

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Why a Tech Startup is Like a Nuclear Power Plant

ReadWriteStart

It was summer 1986, the fall-out from Chernobyl was blowing over Europe and, after graduating in engineering science, I undertook a software development project for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The startup financing system isn’t always set up to support this and can be harrowing for first-time founders of startups.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

“Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom. Israel’s index of leading economic indicators rose a preliminary 0.4%

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250 Developers

This is going to be BIG.

I’d bet anything that fewer students that participate in hackNY —will wind up in finance jobs relative to their computer science peers who just follow existing recruiting tracks. And yes, I’ve heard of the NYCEDC’s initiative to develop a new engineering and applied sciences campus. So where to start?

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

Very enthusiastic about the potential for the NY tech ecosystem, leveraging our strength in finance. Adrian Kunzle, Head of Firmwide Engineering & Architecture (CTO), JP Morgan Chase. Java/Azure appliances will come in. After Goldman, ran startup Gadgetoff, which brought together inventors and entrepreneurs. Maria Gotsch.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? t have time to learn iOS or Java during the weekend. Google Custom Search Engine. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Google App Engine. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Eventbrite.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

And of course, I wasn't really interested in the finance side of it to me. It almost had like a social engineering component to it, as much as it was an algorithmic breakthrough. I remember trying to learn, like I had some books someone gave me, like learn Java in 30 days or something like that. I'm curious.

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