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SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software

InfoChachkie

Software terminology is stubbornly not following a similar evolution. It’s high time we kill the term Software As A Service (SaaS) and call it what it is – software. Even Salesforce abandoned it’s silly “No Software” tagline, after the company had to explain in 2015 that it meant, “No legacy software, just cloud software.”.

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

TechCrunch LA

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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Disney's Zootopia A Triumph In Computer Animation, As Much As Filmmaking

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Zootopia's technical staff--located here in Southern California--included more than 120 software engineers, IT, and other technology professionals, who build a huge body of very advanced, modeling and simulation software, which drove the animation that eventually made it to the big screen. READ MORE>>.

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How Rolebot Wants To Eliminate The Resume, With Shane Bernstein

socalTECH

However, in the technical arena--as a programmer, developer, or software engineer--it's hard to tell from a resume how good you really are. For example, Kaggle is very data science friendly, and most likely, a data scientist is likely on Kaggle. That's where Los Angeles-based Rolebot (www.rolebot.net) comes in.

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5 Expenses Startups Cannot Afford to Cut

Tech Zulu Event

Whether it’s a killer software or physical inventory, don’t leave yourself open to a major loss or legal claim with no protection. For example, if your target market is end consumers, look for guerilla marketing opportunities like sponsoring an event or a slower building viral campaign using YouTube.

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Entrepreneurs Should Forget ROI And Focus On Return On Life – The New Measure Of Wealth

InfoChachkie

I became acquainted with Tige, when I was researching examples of exemplary online customer service. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?". As I got to know Tige, I became intrigued with his story.

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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

Tech Zulu Event

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. opportunities for every software engineer in the field.