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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

YoungUpstarts

They met high demand for affordable homes with a single, replicable solution. This is the model we see at software companies that are doing exceptionally well. The base model takes care of heavy coding the way a Levittown house simplifies building, and then improvements and customization don’t require a software engineering army.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

Since leaving GrubHub, he founded Fixer.com, an on-demand handyperson service focused on social impact. He founded fixer.com and on demand, handy person service focused on social impact. So I started in 2002 and in 2006 we took financing in. Mike Evans (20:00): So Fixer is an on-demand handy person service.

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

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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