Blog. Matt Wensing from Stormpulse (disclaimer: I’m an investor, long story below) generously took some time off of managing the nation’s severe weather risks to appear on our podcast.
(Keith Perhac couldn’t be with us when we taped this, as he was celebrating the birth of his second daughter.) It’s been about six months since our last episode but I think this probably makes up for it, as it’s a cracker of an episode. I apologize in advance for my audio quality — I was calling internationally from an iPhone. If you’re an audiophile, we have a transcript below, as per the usual. As always, the transcript includes notes from me [Patrick notes: called out like this.]
What you’ll learn in this podcast: If You Want To Listen To It MP3 Download (~96 minutes, ~88MB) : Right-click here and click Save As. Podcast format: either subscribe to in your podcast reader of choice or you can search for Kalzumeus Podcast in the iTunes Store. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Patrick: I’m doing great, Matt. Cap Watkins. Daniel Nadeau. Software Engineering Candies. Innovation, creativity, and education.
Welcome to Less Wrong. Developer Blog - Write Code Easy. Top 6 Success Factors to Inspire a Team of Software Engineers - Software Engineering Candies. I'm tired to hear again and again the same stale, old motivational quotes and/or generic mission statements.
You know what I mean: "We are the favored vendor for ..., to provide the appropriate service level, ... and create more value for our stakeholders. " At least for me this is definitely not inspiring. Inspiring a team of software engineers, developers, consultants and/or operation specialists is difficult but in most of the cases possible. In the following short article I describe the most important success factors. To be a inspiring technical lead you need more that just some motivational quotes and/or managerial phrases. Success Factors There are many success factors that characterize a inspiring leader - just to mention some oft them: - high technical and/or technological competence, - understand and explain the big picture, - excellent communication and presentation skills,
How to Get Startup Ideas. November 2012 The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas.
It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook all began this way. Problems Why is it so important to work on a problem you have? I made it myself. Why do so many founders build things no one wants? At YC we call these "made-up" or "sitcom" startup ideas. For example, a social network for pet owners. The danger of an idea like this is that when you run it by your friends with pets, they don't say "I would never use this.
" Well When a startup launches, there have to be at least some users who really need what they're making—not just people who could see themselves using it one day, but who want it urgently. You don't need the narrowness of the well per se. The CommonsBlog — The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development Version 4.4 Released. Subscribers now have access to the latest release of The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development, known as Version 4.4, in all formats.
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