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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. tests new technology on a province-wide scale for industry and government. Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand. Hiring for tech jobs in Vancouver is all done online.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).

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Election Postscript – That’s Pride Talking

Growthink Blog

In 20 years we will look back at the first few elections of the global Internet age the way we remember the smoky backrooms of elections past. As in where to build that electric car plant, where to put that server farm, where to assemble that team of software engineers. Why will cushy government bureaucrats change like this?

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Hold responsibility for IT governance of platform & services, including telecommunications, networks, infrastructure, engineering, media, and architecture. Prepare and test disaster recovery plans, and contribute to the broader business continuity plan. Past contribution to one or more Open Source projects.

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Is #NewYork the Next Startup Land of Oz?

Scalable Startup

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. Here are some of the factors: (1) Amazing Engineering Skills – Let’s just start with the big one. You also need infrastructure and friendly government. These people abound in New York.

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The End Of The Road For Web Services

blogs.computerworlduk.com

In case your computer industry history is lacking, WS-I is the industry consortium that got together a decade ago to create specifications for Web Services protocols (note the capitals, so as not to confuse with actual internet services that use HTTP and REST for loosely-coupled data access).

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles.