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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Our CTO is the CEO himself, but he lacks the understanding of the new software development processes and the new technologies. In this group, I am the only technical guru with very little industry experience. In school I was being pounded day and night with anything that has to do with agile software development.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. Distributed Systems Software Engineer. Android Developer. Android / iOS / Python / Django Developer. Web Developer. Technical Support -- Key Accounts Manager. Technical Writer.

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

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In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other detriments to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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