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Google Ramps Hiring In Irvine

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Search engine giant Google appears to be ramping its hiring efforts in Irvine, according to representatives of the company. Google said in January that it was expecting 2011 to be its biggest hiring year ever. A quick look at the positions at the location include Software Engineers, Product Managers, Technical Leads, and more.

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Google Retires Reader Launches Google Keep To Take On Evernote

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Google announced it will retire its Reader service July 1 to the disappointment of many, and many were out already looking for the best alternative. However, Google had something else in mind, launching a service that might even be better than Google Reader. Google Keep solves that problem. Why Google Keep.

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Ben McCann

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I created and launched Realtime Google Analytics together with three other software engineers. In my 20% time at Google, I created the Google Spreadsheets formula bar and formula highlighting. I’m currently a Co-founder at Connectifier, a talent sourcing startup backed by top VCs.

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CapLinked Adds Investors To Series A

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The firm said it has brought its Series A up to $2.1M, and added new investors Conversion Capital, Inflection Ventures, The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). The firm earlier had announced investments from.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

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In 2019, for example, Google reported its attrition rates of Black and Latinx talent — which indicate the rate at which employees leave on an annual basis — were higher than the national average. Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911.

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MakerSquare Opens Coding School In LA

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The two said that MakerSquare will launch its first class on June 29th.

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LA-Based Coding Bootcamp Codesmith Boasts 96% Hiring Rate

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The key to creating software engineers that are capable and effective in their roles is to teach more than coding. However, we’re not interested in what your GPA was, only that you bring total dedication to developing as a software engineer now.”. Is coding education not the foolproof model we once thought?