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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

In other words, the most compelling reasons for NOT relying on remote engineering talent to build software no longer apply. But if you’re hiring from an African country (Nigeria, for example). Likewise, you probably have no idea what companies in Nigeria are analogous to Google. You also can’t rely on recruiters.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

“You Don’t Need Rockstar Engineers” with Dan Murrel Jr and Karen White @ BigCommerce Once upon a time in computing, it was thought that in addition to junior and senior software engineers, companies needed superhumans that could do the work of many: the mythical rockstar engineer. You don’t need rockstar engineers.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Jeremy Johnson. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. I went to Nigeria to meet that first cohort, interview them and try to pick four from the six. Jeremy Johnson. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were.

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How to Get Picked as a Speaker for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

But if you’ve applied Lean Startup ideas, and you have experience to share that other people can use, our attendees may derive inspiration from an unusual context, like a story from the pharmaceutical industry or a startup in Nigeria. The talks l inked here all all t a ke you to videos from last year.)

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Scaling Solutions to Climate Change — A review of John Doerr’s “Speed and Scale”?

Reid Hoffman

This is especially true in developing countries where “green premiums” – the higher cost of choosing, say, an electric car over one with a combustion engine – are substantial.