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What Everybody Should Know About Contracting Developers
Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
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Outsource everything. It’s all you, every day. For now. Then it’s software. Eventually you and your army of robots will be at maximum capacity and you’ll need help. But before you hire your first full-time employee, use freelancers. I’m not talking about exploiting good, hardworking people by paying them less than they deserve. I mean hiring future... See more
Sahil Lavingia • The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
Getting software right is hard. It takes knowledge and skills that most young programmers haven’t yet acquired. It requires thought and insight that most programmers don’t take the time to develop. It requires a level of discipline and dedication that most programmers never dreamed they’d need. Mostly, it takes a passion for the craft and the desir
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Fantastic advice, for software builders:
Headline driven development
Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the upcomi
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