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Venture Beat “Techies” Are Not For Techies

By ⋅ June 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

In late May, Venture Beat asked “Who are the top New York City tech influencers?” to announce their “Top Silicon Alley Techie” award. The problem is that they were seeking people who were influencers in the New York tech scene, not actual tech people who create the tech in question.

How Do You Talk To a Developer?

By ⋅ July 27, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

As often as people complain that they can’t find a developer for their startup, they complain just as much that they cannot talk to a developer once they have found one. It has come up time and again in panels that programmers speak a foreign language to them and that they have trouble getting through and letting the hackers know what needs to be coded. Why is this a repetitive problem and how can it be fixed?

Why Don’t Developers Network?

By ⋅ June 4, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

There are a lot of developers out there and a lot of startups looking for developers. Often developers will get contacted directly but not be available, but they will have a very limited circle to pass the work on to. This begs the question: Why don’t developers network?

Why Hackers Don’t Want To Join Your Startup

By ⋅ May 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

There have been multiple articles recently about the dearth of tech co-founders in New York City startups. The are plenty of developers in New York, so why does there seem to be so many startups that cannot find programmers to help launch their visions?

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