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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?". Answer: All self-taught.

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Hazards of Hiring

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The Business of Software. Software Development. After that, Ill finish the article by saying a few things about the specific challenges of hiring software developers. For small independent software vendors (ISVs), my rule is: Dont fill a position until after the need for that position is painfully clear.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

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Theres an excellent book that Im reading called "The innovators dilemma" which seems relevant to your case. Lastly I want to make a site people can make books filled with their personal wisdom to share with their kids. The idea is just the irritant that gets the pearl going. -- NY_USA_Hacker 214 days ago | link.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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Amazon – While arguably better than the company’s initial name, “Cadabra.com”, “Amazon” does not convey the company’s initial core competency of online book sales. However, if this is true, “Aardvark” would have been a more clever choice and equally as relevant to online book sales. Expertcity was a great name for that business.

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