YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive.
Hunter Walker
MAY 26, 2014
A basic example is you must have downloaded an Apple iOS app before being able to review it. A software engineer who claims proficiency in Ruby might display a github score. It’s sort of an “experience gate” as opposed to a paygate. There are plenty more areas for this to go.
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www.joelonsoftware.com
MARCH 24, 2010
Joel on Software Fog Creek Compensation by Joel Spolsky Wednesday, August 30, 2000 At Fog Creek Software, the way we make sure that people are paid fairly and rewarded for excellent work is based on a professional ladder. So all Fog Creek software engineers are ranked at one of several different levels, level 8 through level 15.
techcrunch.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. Additionally, Convertible Equity is “equity” that may have a lower capital gains tax benefit for investors, since it is likely classified as “qualified small business stock”. Crunchboard.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. As a product manager at HomeAway (part of the Expedia, Inc.
prosperati.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
As a result, local universities here churn out thousands of new graduates each year who can spell Microsoft but understand nothing about proper software engineering. Silicon Valley is a great place for technology startups in no small part due to its culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Culture creation is not easy.
blog.expensify.com
APRIL 24, 2012
The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.
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