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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

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As noted in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , this is a symptom of the old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. And six weeks later – 90% again! The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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Codesmith Raised $1.1 Million Funding Round Lead by Test Prep CEO

Tech.Co

“Codesmith, the leading advanced software engineering school in the US is announcing a $1.1m ” Codesmith was founded by Sentance and Troutwine in 2014 in an effort to provide students with the skills they needed to become at least mid-level software programmers in a short period of time.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

As I mention in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , the number one reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. But they are having a tough time getting it all the way done. The last 10% takes the other 90%.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

Gift Guide. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Software Engineer, Back End – Games.com Games.com Sr. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Zuckerberg Interview. Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene. 2011 Holiday.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

and are guiding LA 2.0. As a result we have a large number of locally employed engineers with video experience that will fuel the next boom of the Internet (Americans watch 5.3 But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. But Is This Really That Surprising?

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. This post isn’t meant to be a comprehensive guide on starting a company so I think I’ll stop here. Ask if they’d be willing to pay for a solution like that if it existed. Ask them how much they think such a solution would cost them.

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