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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

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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. I am a Ruby on Rails programmer and have written the first line of code for a few startups. 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.