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Coders Who Don't Job Interview: Zed Shaw
I wrote a piece about the current state of job recruiting from a coder looking for work . I wondered:
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First Time vs Serial Entrepreneurs
I've been thinking a lot about the differences between first time and serial entrepreneurs. We invest in both and do not have a preference betweeen the two. But there are significant differences. The best first time entrepreneurs have been stewing on their idea for quite a while. It is a personal passion of theirs and…
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My ICT teacher can’t mark my homework
Three years ago in August 2009 we ran the first ever Young Rewired State – a hack weekend aimed at the young developer community. I was determined to try to engage them with the exciting (sic…
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Preparing To Fire an Executive
Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The
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Agile Scrum: Delivering Broken Software Since 1991
Update: This is quite a long article. If you’re looking for a quick read, it breaks down a bit like this:
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When Smart People are Bad Employees
Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The
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The Difference Between A Developer, A Programmer And A Computer Scientist
How a computer scientist, a programmer and a developer differ in skills, focus and priorities, even though the terms are often used interchangeably.
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Why I Quit Algorithmic Trading to Do Web Startups
The kernel of this post originated as an overly long answer to a question posed to me on Google+ , "So how come you stopped doing that stuff [automated / algorithmic trading]? Sounds like you'd have enough experience to be a successful algorithmic trader."
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The Wetware Crisis: the Thermocline of Truth : Bruce F. Webster
[Copyright 2008 by Bruce F. Webster. All rights reserved. Adapted from Surviving Complexity (forthcoming).]
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Using FizzBuzz to Find Developers who Grok Coding
On occasion you meet a developer who seems like a solid programmer. They know their theory, they know their language. They can have a reasonable conversation about programming. But once it comes do…
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steve yegge - five-essential-phone-screen-questions
The Five Essential Phone-Screen Questions Stevey's Drunken Blog Rants™ I've been on a lot of SDE interview loops lately where the candidate failed miserably: not-inclined votes all around, even from the phone screeners who brought the person in initially. It's usually pretty obvious when the