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Poor Software Developers - Pull the Plug Early

SoCal CTO

There's an old adage in software development that I refer to all the time: The first 90% of development takes 90% of the time. I used this when I taught software engineering. The problem is that doesn't match with reality and likely they need to find more dollars. The remaining 10%, takes the other 90% of the time.

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Top 5 Innovative Business Ideas For Civil Engineers

YoungUpstarts

Roads, streets, bridges, metro lines, and huge skyscrapers everything that we see from the business and corporate buildings to malls for entertainment, is just because of the marvels of civil engineering. Civil engineering and construction business is a match made in heaven. Start a Construction Company.

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5 Communication Hacks For Startup Cofounders

YoungUpstarts

For example, Artem is an expert in software engineering, product development and all things tech. Hell, even shouting matches will happen. It’s important for co-founders to each have their own personal strengths in a business so they can divide the responsibilities and succeed in their respective roles. It’s inevitable.

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

We test for software engineering fundamentals, and we use technology-specific tests. We also use testing to help us determine if a person is capable of working as an individual contributor, or can they be a tech lead or an engineering manager as well? What to Look for when Vetting Remote Engineers.

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Verified Data Will Prevent “Fake It Til You Make It”

Hunter Walker

A software engineer who claims proficiency in Ruby might display a github score. Or a hiring manager may run a stack of resumes through some candidate eval software which pulls all sorts of data from github, stack overlflow, etc in order to try and verify that an individual has at least been publicly active in an area.

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Programmer Competency Matrix

www.starling-software.com

Software Engineering. Code organization at a physical level closely matches design and looking at file names and folder distribution provides insights into design. Reads tech/programming/software engineering blogs and listens to podcasts regularly. 2 n (Level 0) n 2 (Level 1) n (Level 2) log(n) (Level 3) Comments.

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Affordable and Efficient App Development

The Startup Magazine

Evaluate your potential developers’ knowledge, experience, and the skills listed on their software engineer resume. For example, an agile software development lifecycle model encourages self-organization and motivation rather than the delegation of authority and a seniority hierarchy. Ask for examples of their previous work.

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