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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Oracle, the maker of business hardware and software, is an example of a broader trend in the US high-tech industry. In 2000, the company had slightly more than 22,000 workers in the United States and nearly 30,000 workers overseas. Today, Oracle has 40,000 workers in the United States and 66,000 abroad.

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Introducing Codespace – shared (free!) office space in Boulder for geeking out

VC Adventure

Today there’s another new initiative launching to help young tech companies in our community – Trada is opening CodeSpace , a free co-working space dedicated to startup developers and software engineers.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

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Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors. Fast-forward to today and the landscape is different.

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Introducing Codespace – shared (free!) office space in Boulder for geeking out

VC Adventure

Today there’s another new initiative launching to help young tech companies in our community – Trada is opening CodeSpace , a free co-working space dedicated to startup developers and software engineers.

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Fog Creek Compensation

www.joelonsoftware.com

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.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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The generally accepted hourly wage calculation used by the staffing industry is Annual Salary divided by 2000 Hours. If you sum up these costs and divide them by 2000 Hours then you are looking at $1.15 Adjust the annual average to what it should be on an hourly basis. So for someone making $70k that comes out to around $35/hr.

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SX Startups: wrnch Expands Interaction

Austin Startup

Our team members have literally been at the bleeding the intersection of real-time AI and computer graphics since 2000. We have a just right blend of deep learning, video game tech and software engineering. It boils down to our culture. It’s the right mix of hacker and science with a focus on shipping. This is my third startup.

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