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How Software Developers Really Spend Their Time

readwrite.com

Survey participants had the option to remain anonymous or disclose their company names. Some open-source software claims to do something similar. Electric Cloud circulated the survey to LinkedIn groups and forums engineers frequent, offering a Kindle raffle prize as an incentive. Not really.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? The UI could kill small animals.

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The Software Developer’s Guide to Building an Online Reputation

Transformify

In the past, I have written about how important networking can be for your chances of finding a job as a software developer. This is especially true for developers looking for remote jobs since their options are much more limited (although growing). What do people find, right now, when they search your name on Google?

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“To build a community, you need to focus much more on the user than on the buyer” - Snyk’s Guy Podjarny

Cracking the Code

Cybersecurity unicorn Snyk was founded in 2015 with the mission to help developers make their code secure. Just a few years on and Snyk has evolved from being an open source vulnerabilities scanner and to becoming the world’s first developer security platform that start-ups worldwide can build upon. I can’t do everything.

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You Don’t Need To Be An Engineering Genius To Start A Billion-Dollar Company

ReadWriteStart

You name it.” ” By 2005, however, “Free, open source infrastructure [was] the norm,” with the ability to “get it anytime and anywhere.” ” Developers Don’t Get Cheaper. Developers, on the other hand, are expensive: $90,000 per year. The Rise Of The Average Developer.

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

Step 2: Name your business. Once you have a business idea, you need to come up with a business name. Some successful companies have separate brand names from their corporate name (think 3M). Discuss with your friends or family and select the most appropriate name. Step 4: Get your domain name.

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No, wait, I'm sorry, the real question is: What are you going to do when there are four totally free, open-source competitors? Some examples of a feature being a company's primary advantage are: Apple compromises everything in the name of design. After the talk typically 5-20 people want to chat one-on-one. Common vision.