Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. For some time now, it has been possible to outsource engineering labor to other countries. They’re low cost and capable of delivering specific — but mostly basic — engineering services.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you want to take your business to the next level, you should consider app development. Either way, custom software development is an effective way to build brand awareness and give your business a competitive edge. While app development can be very beneficial, that’s only true if it’s done the right way.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

Today in the tech industry, we’re entering an era of Levittown software, and the change is important for all businesses. Technology companies now build Levittown-style products that are appropriate for a wide range of industries. This Levittown model is the future of payments software. Sound familiar?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Other social networking, online marketing, clean-tech and bio-tech companies have fallen out of favor with some investors, fueling speculation regarding the future of the US technology sector. Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

Too often, aspiring engineers who lack the funds to pursue a computer science degree from a university or take part in a bootcamp find themselves locked out of technology jobs, despite often severe talent shortages. I think many software developers share that sentiment. I learned to code doing it on the job.”

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

Though CTO as a traditional full-time position exists for decades, some companies do not feel they need a technology executive. CTO engagement mainly concerns startups and mature companies that have technologies at the core of their business. However, not every company avails itself of a highly-skilled technology executive.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I realized that this was an opportunity to solve a huge problem for an entire generation of parents and their kids using technology. Thanks to Jen Ohlson, Interactive Health Technologies ! #5- the golden era of technology. I’ve spent more than two decades in the software industry. Thanks to Ksenia Yudina, UNest ! #3-

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 18, 2020

The way technology is growing, it is affecting how people work and what kinds of jobs are available. According to Indeed’s recent ranking of the occupations with the most potential in the job market, people working in technology, business and healthcare sectors embrace the title of the ‘best jobs of 2020’. Physician’s Assistants.

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Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

Now Hiring for an Intermediate C++ 3D Graphics Developer As part of the project team, your role will include leveraging the latest tools and technology in C++ 3D graphics for a diverse selection of desktop application software projects, as well as collaborating with your team in building innovative software products.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

HOME About the Femgineer Speaking Engagements Reading List Recruiting Startup Engineers With the startup market taking off, there is always a clamor to find good engineers, developers, and designers. Engineers love to build, solve tough problems, and make progress. Sweat equity or salary? When to start recruiting?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. Bringing skilled developers in from other cities or moving them over from banks is also helpful, but I think it’s the kind of thing that skilled recruiters can also do a good job of.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

How Airbnb Manages Not To Manage Engineers | ReadWrite – crowdspring.co/1kDg8nG. 2014 Marketing Hiring Trends and Salary Guide – crowdspring.co/1ig97Dw. You just need some smart bots | MIT Technology Review – crowdspring.co/1hLIBY3. This Is Why Social Media Doesn’t Work For Your Business – crowdspring.co/1pWbP8R.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

But my developers want to go into way too much detail. I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed Developers like to over engineer. Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. Compensation is probably between $0 and a ramen salary. 6a] Salary upon funding -0%: No extra equity for getting a salary upon funding. I am now pulling in 8 figures.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. He picked engineers who were technically-driven but not entrepreneurially-driven. He picked engineers who weren’t comfortable taking risks as great as he wanted to take.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code. Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. ability based on one of many technologies. Sjoerd Franken.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product. One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Many of the hottest NoSQL technologies are written in Java. Not bad for a dead technology.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product. One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Many of the hottest NoSQL technologies are written in Java. Not bad for a dead technology.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Joel of Fog Creek says: “We didn’t start with a particular product in mind: our goal was simply to build the kind of software company where we would want to work, one in which programmers and software developers are the stars and everything else serves only to make them productive and happy.&#

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. In a technology startup, which most startups are, the foundersshould include technical people. The rulers of the technologybusiness tend to come from technology, not business. Its the same with technology.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Nothing essential that I disagree with you in your post, but when read by other people with minimal software engineering experience, they can have too high expectations.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Practically this means that you’ll outsource (most likely off-shore) your design and development, you’ll rent your servers, you won’t have an office and you’ll have no salary. But it is fraught with risks - and the primary risk you need to guard against is software development failure.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. A+ engineering talent. Should I require and NDA?

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