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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

As noted in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , this is a symptom of the old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again! The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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How to Identify and Attract the Best Software Development Talent

Transformify

With technologies advancing from time to time, there is a significant need for the best software developers now more than ever. And the only way to do that is by being creative and strategic with your approach to hiring software developers. And we're going to help you with that. Let's get started!

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

Why It’s Critical to Choose a Modern Software Development Technology. Additionally, it becomes critical to choose a modern software development methodology suitable for crafting digital ventures. Today’s Talented Engineers & Designers Need Top-Shelf Tools of the Trade.

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How Data Analytics Influences (and Can Better Influence) Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In a recent report, the BLS includes new management, teaching, and software engineering positions that focus on data analytics. Finally, software engineers use data analytics to determine program demand, which helps them stay on top of this highly competitive field. Think about it.

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How Software Developers Really Spend Their Time

readwrite.com

And you thought being a software engineer was all about dreaming up clever algorithms or amazing graphics routines and then instantiating them in elegant, tightly written code. It turns out, at least according to a survey conducted by software delivery service Electric Cloud , that developers spend almost 20% of their time.

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5 Fast-Growing Industries For Freelancers

Transformify

Software Development and Programming. The demand for programmers and software development experts is increasing rapidly because of corporations' heavy digitalization investment. Freelancing as a software developer or a freelance programmer can be lucrative.