Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

So you have a great idea for a new mobile app or Web service—but you don’t know anything about coding or developing. You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2016

Rather than paying thousands in tuition or fees, qualified individuals can get their foot in the door to a tech career while earning a salary from their very first day. They work with senior developers to gain coding experience on real client projects under careful guidance and supervision while earning a livable salary.

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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

Now Hiring for an Intermediate C++ 3D Graphics Developer As part of the project team, your role will include leveraging the latest tools and technology in C++ 3D graphics for a diverse selection of desktop application software projects, as well as collaborating with your team in building innovative software products.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest.

Canada 66

Canada Acquisition Vertical Hiring 66

ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. Bishay would charge tuition but would refund it if the students got jobs as developers and he earned a recruitment fee from the hiring company. So began Developer Boot Camp.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

That no-longer-stranger turned out to own a software consulting company in Austin and tentatively offered me a software developer role to start in January 2017. My first official job offer came in mid-November to work as a Test Automation Developer for a big insurance company starting January 2017 in Arizona, for $59K/yr.

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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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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. Hire someone to do a working prototype/proof-of-concept. Graphic Design Theory.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Rob (01:06): Yeah, I hired my first assistant in 2013. There's plenty of work for them to do, and you even think about hiring another one. John (05:51): Yeah, I know over the years, many years ago I hired an assistant out of the Asia area and the only way to align, as you said, was that they were going to work overnight.

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femgineer.com

JULY 18, 2010

If you’re a founder who is still trying to grasp the product roadmap and create a company vision its probably not a good time to hire an engineer. Sweat equity or salary? I couldn’t sleep this last night b/c of an idea I kept developing in my head, but without any programming experience, I am pretty much going nowhere!

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Engineer Software Review Startup Technical Review 41

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. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary. Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

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Java Demand Web Framework 43

www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

Java 43

Java Demand Web Framework 43

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

2014 Marketing Hiring Trends and Salary Guide – crowdspring.co/1ig97Dw. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. PHP vs Ruby vs Python: Three Programming Languages in a Nutshell | 1stwebdesigner – crowdspring.co/1nJ16yT.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. Their programs teach software programming and IT proficiency to people who have historically been excluded from those fields, and connects their graduates with tech companies around the country.

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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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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Ability to hire top talent (A+ talent). you can hire for those. I’m learning how to program. How I can find the right investor (software)?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

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. One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. People What do I mean by good people? Thats nonsense.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity. 2- You could also look at setting up an affiliate marketing program. An employee is normally paid a salary or wages.

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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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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. 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. Expensify Blog.

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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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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application.

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