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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

Huge leaps in technology have made seamless communication with remote teams efficient and cost-effective. But if you’re hiring from an African country (Nigeria, for example). Likewise, you probably have no idea what companies in Nigeria are analogous to Google. Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. Quick Background I was born in Nigeria, but mostly grew up in Dallas, TX. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. (And Jeremy Johnson.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 39: Jeremy Johnson and Michael Eidsaune

Steve Blank

Jeremy Johnson , founder of Andela , which embeds talented software engineers on the African continent into top engineering organizations worldwide. Michael Eidsaune , co-founder of Carely , a software platform that facilitates communication among families caring for sick or elderly relatives. (And Jeremy Johnson.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

“What B&M Brands Can Learn From eCommerce” with Ryan Wuerch @ Dosh With 94 percent of all retail purchases still taking place in brick and mortar locations, it’s time brands unlock the full potential of mobile technology. You don’t need rockstar engineers. You need a rockstar engineering organization.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures says: “I feel that the ability to spin up and then successfully operate remote engineering locations is a skill that technology companies need to develop earlier in their development than used to be the case.”. In the race to build a great software product, engineering talent is oxygen.