Field notes2013-10-21 · Archive
Dear Startups: stop asking me math puzzles to figure out if I can code
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“For example, I took over an iPhone app dev team and it was taking them 4 months to produce an app.”
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Dear Startups: stop asking me math puzzles to figure out if I can code
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