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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

My first official job offer came in mid-November to work as a Test Automation Developer for a big insurance company starting January 2017 in Arizona, for $59K/yr. I even scored an apprenticeship with a company in Silicon Valley for December 2016 before starting my full-time job in January.

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The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders | TechCrunch

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While searching for an idea I educated myself, travelled to Cambridge, MA as well as Silicon Valley, attended conferences like Startup Bootcamp, BizTechDay, and LeWeb, and I started building my network as well as reading blogs from Marc Andreessen, Eric Ries, Steve Blank and others.

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How we Hire for Sweat Equity (Part 2)…

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Surly, Silicon Valley wasn’t in a bubble. Developers weren’t as in high of demand. I’ve heard people say it’s impossible to hire good developers right now. Ideally, your technical skills would be the following: Programming experience in JavaScript or jQuery, HTML/CSS and AJAX.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? Tristan Kromer • Nov 12, 2010 doesn't bring any answer Julien Chabe • Nov 15, 2010 The creative guy should use Axure to build a HTML prototype himself.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. pretty much sums everything up well, but – let’s be honest here – if you live outside Silicon Valley, you are going to be at odds, because the rest of the world hasn’t yet caught up with this tech start-up thing. How To Get There.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. It just seems to me that having a great idea without Silicon Valley connections becomes an obstacle. Programming and Web Development Lists. To leave a comment on this story, please log in with Facebook. or Twitter.

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Startup Tools

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What about Django [link] as Web Development Framework? Web Development Tools: Sendgrid [link] – Sends transactional email (signed up, forgot password, notifications) on behalf of you application. Reply Roman Gaponov , on February 28, 2011 at 1:50 am said: Steve, Very interesting list of resources.