YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Rigid union contracts constrain salaries, work schedules and promotions.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I monetize the site with Google AdSense and with a Grammarly affiliate program. Financial freedom due to business enables me to grow my business and pay my employees, but it gives my family the quality of life that I want for them. I’ve spent more than two decades in the software industry. Photo credit: Jessica Randhawa.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest. Onshore immigrant employees in Canada. Last year Facebook opened a temporary office in Vancouver to train newly hired developers while they wait for U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. About you You are a skilled C++ 3D Graphics developer, a problem solver, a creative and analytical thinker who enjoys the security of regular projects and values the advantages of working remotely.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest. Onshore immigrant employees in Canada. Last year Facebook opened a temporary office in Vancouver to train newly hired developers while they wait for U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

In today’s world, one of the bottlenecks we have to innovation is the lack of software development talent. Bringing skilled developers in from other cities or moving them over from banks is also helpful, but I think it’s the kind of thing that skilled recruiters can also do a good job of.

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www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

We want to avoid the trap that many companies fall into of forcing good programmers to stop programming and start managing people, if thats not what they want to do. We will also compare our salaries within each level to the competitive norms to make sure we are paying market salaries, at which point people might receive a raise.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

Other Topics Covered I also covered topics that are covered more thoroughly in the following posts: Document Your MVP for a Developer. I’m a long way into development and I’m 90% done and we are having issues getting it completed See Symptoms of a Weak Development Team and Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Developers. Programming Tutorials. Programming Tools. Custom Programming. Because I’m also a self-taught programmer, I can tell you that you probably don’t want to invest the time teaching yourself how to program. Software development is like an iceberg – 90% of it is under the surface.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

A business person may have equal or more valuable skills than a software person, but they are not universally understood in the simplistic way that software people’s skills are. Ask anybody what a software developer does and they can give you the one-sentence “makes software” answer.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As My general advice is to go join a startup as an employee, and learn from experience. Not Prioritizing Action.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. In contrast, earning an MBA or working as a management consultant is less a final destination and more a way station on the way to a better future, usually with a vigorous salary. (As My general advice is to go join a startup as an employee, and learn from experience. Not Prioritizing Action.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

My world is small and mid-size businesses, companies seem to be laying off people, and yet small businesses can't seem to hire small and mid-size businesses seem to hire the salary expectations here in the states are way up. We have a whole onboarding program. And so it's like a triple win. So we assist with that.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Almost four years ago, after a failed attempt to grow my consulting firm, I made the decision to never hire another employee. Through my experience as a manager and employer I realized that the time and energy it takes to hire, manage, motivate, train, administer, and retain employees would be better invested in adding value to my products.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Right now, my business is just myself and a part-time employee who does support, testing, and product usability design. 2- You could also look at setting up an affiliate marketing program. Find popular, relevant websites and see if you can get them interested in signing up for an affiliate program. The key here is motivation.

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blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Nathan Hursts Blog Thoughts on Software, Technology, and Startups « Back to blog Im on the technical side of entrepreneurship in NYC. I love programming, board games, and my wife. Compensation is probably between $0 and a ramen salary. 6a] Salary upon funding -0%: No extra equity for getting a salary upon funding.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Almost four years ago, after a failed attempt to grow my consulting firm, I made the decision to never hire another employee. Through my experience as a manager and employer I realized that the time and energy it takes to hire, manage, motivate, train, administer, and retain employees would be better invested in adding value to my products.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Hackersshould do this even if they dont plan to start startups, because its the only real way to learn how to program. Thats nonsense.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m learning how to program. Has anyone found a referral program system that works great to generate new customers? How I can find the right investor (software)? If you want to build an APP, but have no programming skills, where is the best place to start? Product, product, product! I’m a college student.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Joel of Fog Creek says: “We didn’t start with a particular product in mind: our goal was simply to build the kind of software company where we would want to work, one in which programmers and software developers are the stars and everything else serves only to make them productive and happy.&#

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Ive always wondered how to go about outsourcing programming, as whilst I understand and have done programming successfully in the past - I absolutely hate it! What I do like is the coming up with the idea and mapping out the development part. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs.

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