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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. The typical probationary period in Southeast Asia is usually three to six months with a three day notice period should the employee decide to terminate the contract.

Asia 100
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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite. I was the founding CTO for that company and yes it was end to end Microsoft. March 26, 2011 at 12:17 am.

Java 107
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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. Well as a programmer of many websites I find that it is easier for my clients to consult my ideas first. I do consult people, however I am not looking for work right now. We run a company in Philippines that helps people hire developers at reasonable prices.