Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Discuss the suitable tools with your development team. Even if you are a tech-savvy person, and you have a proficiency in some programming language, you still need an IT professional to provide you with a piece of advice concerning tools and technologies to use. Junior engineers cannot deliver a high-quality product. Yes, there is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

Rather than paying thousands in tuition or fees, qualified individuals can get their foot in the door to a tech career while earning a salary from their very first day. They work with senior developers to gain coding experience on real client projects under careful guidance and supervision while earning a livable salary.

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Coder Salary Software Engineering Software 70

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

So you have a great idea for a new mobile app or Web service—but you don’t know anything about coding or developing. You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Rigid union contracts constrain salaries, work schedules and promotions.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 9, 2021

These opportunities should pertain to job availability, salary potential, professional growth and advancement, networking, potential entrepreneurship down the road, and more. Following the same mindset, you should find the certification programs that you can complete online. It’s also a good place to build a career safely.

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Finder Analytics Security Networking 120

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest. That’s one reason there’s a growing trend for tech companies to open offices in Canada , as Canada is willing to grant visas to practically any highly skilled worker with a salaried job.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I monetize the site with Google AdSense and with a Grammarly affiliate program. I’ve spent more than two decades in the software industry. When I first started the company, we used to take up pretty much everything in the software development spectrum. Thanks to Kevin Miller, The Word Counter ! #6- Photo credit: Gigi J.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 143

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About you You are a skilled C++ 3D Graphics developer, a problem solver, a creative and analytical thinker who enjoys the security of regular projects and values the advantages of working remotely. Preferred experience with: • Voxel modeling • Digital Signal Processing • Visual Studio • Network programming (e.g.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Software 129

Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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CTO CTO Hire Equity Vesting 167

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

Now, they were able to raise enough money in the last 3 months to launch a product along with all the necessary software development to launch a pilot program for validating the idea. Do they recognize any Startup Founder Developer Gap ? During all this time, valuation pitched to the investors was in the $1M – $3M range.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. The initial class, taught mostly by Bishay and a group of volunteers, produced 21 students, 15 of whom got job offers (with an average starting salary of $79,000) as developers at the end of the program.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2012

When Bob Herman founded Tropolis Group in 2010, he decided to finance with credit cards so he could take advantage of a cash-back rewards program and use the bounty to buy supplies for the business. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development.

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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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Developer New York City Java Ruby 135

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues.

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 97

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest. That’s one reason there’s a growing trend for tech companies to open offices in Canada , as Canada is willing to grant visas to practically any highly skilled worker with a salaried job.

Canada 66

Canada Acquisition Vertical Hiring 66

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

That no-longer-stranger turned out to own a software consulting company in Austin and tentatively offered me a software developer role to start in January 2017. 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.

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Software Engineering Engineer Software Silicon Valley 48

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

We want to avoid the trap that many companies fall into of forcing good programmers to stop programming and start managing people, if thats not what they want to do. We will also compare our salaries within each level to the competitive norms to make sure we are paying market salaries, at which point people might receive a raise.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. Email readers continue here.]

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 85

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed See Symptoms of a Weak Development Team and Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Developers. Programming Tutorials. Programming Tools. Custom Programming. Because I’m also a self-taught programmer, I can tell you that you probably don’t want to invest the time teaching yourself how to program. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2016

In fact, IT Career Finder called mobile application developer the best computer job through the year 2020 because of its exponential growth rate: Mobile App Developer Career Projections | 2010 – 2020. Average Salary: $95,000. So how does one become a mobile developer? 10-Year Growth : 32% (Higher than Avg.).

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

Sweat equity or salary? I couldn’t sleep this last night b/c of an idea I kept developing in my head, but without any programming experience, I am pretty much going nowhere! Contrary to the way we carry ourselves we’re not robots (although I do enjoy being called a machine - but I’m not Summer Glau).

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Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At a salaried job making $80k plus benefits your time is worth around $55/hour. Even fewer can be installed in five minutes or less, even by an experienced software developer. All those design programs that insist on covering your screen with useless subwindows… I wonder how they successfully compete against no software.

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are. Ask anybody what a software developer does and they can give you the one-sentence “makes software” answer.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. 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. Not Prioritizing Action.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. 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. Not Prioritizing Action.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

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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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

My world is small and mid-size businesses, companies seem to be laying off people, and yet small businesses can't seem to hire small and mid-size businesses seem to hire the salary expectations here in the states are way up. We have a whole onboarding program. What works really well is really good onboarding. So we assist with that.

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Offshore America El Salvador Software Review 65

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

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Java Demand Web Framework 43

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

Java 43

Java Demand Web Framework 43

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

2014 Marketing Hiring Trends and Salary Guide – crowdspring.co/1ig97Dw. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. PHP vs Ruby vs Python: Three Programming Languages in a Nutshell | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1nJ16yT. 1q7MhFU. .

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Their programs teach software programming and IT proficiency to people who have historically been excluded from those fields, and connects their graduates with tech companies around the country. They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom.

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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. I love programming, board games, and my wife. Compensation is probably between $0 and a ramen salary. 6a] Salary upon funding -0%: No extra equity for getting a salary upon funding.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Equity Salary 43

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Consider this the Year in Review for Software by Rob. The Five Minute Guide to Becoming a Freelance Software Developer “This advice is intended for someone looking to become a freelance software developer or web designer (or looking to start a small web design/development/consulting firm).

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