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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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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. Mental Pandiculation » Why I Don’t Hang Out With People Named David. March 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm. [.]

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Twitter Link Roundup #153 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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46 Businesses With Hilariously Bad Names | Business Pundit – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 46 Businesses With Hilariously Bad Names | Business Pundit – [link]. ” – [link]. Ars Technica – [link].

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

A few weeks ago a Micropreneur Academy member asked about getting started as a freelance developer since freelance development can be more conducive to getting started as a Micropreneur. In the end you have to invest time to build your name. September 29th, 2009 | Software Development Building your startup?

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Recent Interview for Workbridge

Scalable Startup

After a recent speech I gave for startups, I was interviewed by Jennifer DesRosiers (love that name!) The progress of E-Commerce, HTML5, CSS3, PHP and Javascript have made it so any startup idea, tech or non-tech, can become reality with very little money or work. about tech startups.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

Or tried to install a Perl or PHP module that didn’t come out of the box? I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Have you ever tried Gimp? The vast majority do not.

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

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When Linus started what later on became Linux, he was at best a wet behind the ears developer. When Zuckerberg started Thefacebook.com he was a PHP coder (translation: not a real developer). I mean a rockstar developer, you need a reliable, steady, bull-like technical partner. I'll give you a 50% here.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

Core Business Expenses Business Filing Fees - This includes your business license, fictitious name statement, and reseller license fees (if applicable). As I said in The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer , an accountant is not an optional expense. 4 Inflecto [Software Developers] on 01.08.09