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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years. Ryan’s long-term goal is to help large populations of people train themselves at young ages with world-class online teachers. Americans watch 5.3 Full stop.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. 15 minutes.