SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. On Friday, at the LA CTO Forum , I heard from a couple of CTOs having trouble finding good developers. My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people.

Develop 175

Develop Development TechEmpower Southern California 175

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

And let us simply draw the curtain of charity over the Cake PHP results. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. We were surprised by the performance of Raw PHP in this test. However, the penalty for using an ORM on PHP is severe.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

And let us simply draw the curtain of charity over the Cake PHP results. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. We were surprised by the performance of Raw PHP in this test. However, the penalty for using an ORM on PHP is severe.

Framework 544

Framework EC2 PHP Java 544

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these. So, you may also want to go look at: Los Angeles Startup Events Here are some of the events and meetups that I've spoken at, attended or at least interest me. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people. They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. I guess I should confess that I used to go to a lot more networking events.

Southern California 243

Southern California Los Angeles Technology Council Stirrers and Shakers 243

SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

Some common themes from the discussion: Know Where You Are Going Before you can possibly make a choice around language and framework you need to ask all the important questions that are talked about in Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything and Startup CTO or Developer.

Framework 330

Framework Startup Java PHP 330

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP. Of course there were variants – we preferred PostGres to MySQL and many people used other programming languages than PHP. Amazon allowed 22-year-old tech developers to launch companies without even raising capital.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334