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5 mistakes that startups need to avoid when hiring developers
June 23, 2017
This week in AWS Startup Stories* we talked to Will Bentinck, Head of Careers at Makers Academy – Europe’s first coding bootcamp, which turns complete beginners into junior software developers in 12 weeks.
The majority of people who study at Makers Academy are in their late 20s and early 30s and are people who’ve had a career already (sometimes at quite senior levels) but have a strong feeling they need something new—and software development is it. Once they’ve gone through the course, Makers Academy hooks their newly-minted developers up with businesses looking to hire junior engineers with fire in their belly. When they take someone on, the students’ careers start anew.
Using AWS IoT to reduce waste (and get free food)
June 20, 2017
About two months ago, I purchased an AWS IoT button (a programmable physical button that integrates with AWS services) with the hope of learning a little bit more about IoT (Internet of Things) and programming. I don’t come from a technical background, have virtually no experience with programming or IoT, and figured the hurdles to building something functional, much less useful, would take months to overcome. The button sat idle on my desk until last week, and within a few days of committing to building something I had programmed a button that helped our office reduce waste by alerting an email alias whenever there was leftover food in the kitchen. With the documentation available on the website and the sample code on the AWS Github account, anyone, regardless of technical abilities, can program an IoT button in an afternoon.
Dating, data and human expertise: How AWS startup customer Once found the sweet spot on their way to global expansion
June 19, 2017
This week in AWS Startup Stories* we talked to Clémentine Lalande, COO, and CFO of Once – the ‘slow dating’ app.
Clémentine is an entrepreneur who has helped to scale several social and commercial ventures throughout her career. In her recent past, she’s developed seed impact investing funds for social businesses, she’s been an Investment Director at Idinvest, and prior to that, she was a Project Leader at management consultancy, Boston Consulting Group.
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