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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. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX?

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: ROBOAMP

Austin Startup

My name is Roberto Inetti, I’m a software engineer and I’ve been coding since I was seven years old. What do you want our community to know about ROBOAMP? Are you passionate about a product that could help the community? Improvements in email conversion rate can have a significant positive ripple effect.

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The Software Product Myth

Software By Rob

But, there’s always a flip-side to it when you consider your software good enough to earn money out of it. Nowadays, technical communities inspire developers to create and share (not sell) software. at 2:29 pm 2500 covers rent,day care for 1, and 2 car notes in dallas. I hope you comply too, don’t you Rob? #14

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Sadly, many people in our society come from communities where they were never, or rarely, touched by their parents, family members, or friends or only experience touch through sex. Shaw, Dallas Web Design Inc ! #15- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. There’s a better way. Thanks to Brad M. Photo Credit: Grant Gordon.

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

blog.expensify.com

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. same thing goes for the majority of the Java community).NET

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech.