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Otovo | Software Engineer | Oslo, Norway | ONSITE | https://www.otovo.no With low energy prices and long, dark winters, Norway may be the worst place on earth for a solar startup. …

Otovo | Software Engineer | Oslo, Norway | ONSITE | https://www.otovo.no With low energy prices and long, dark winters, Norway may be the worst place on earth for a solar startup. …

I'm funding a board game on Kickstarter. The game is about innovation, and uses a "historical" scenario to be more concrete. Players choose Friendster, Myspace, Facebook or Twitter…

Kickstarter became available in Norway late last year. I launched my first project yesterday, a board game to teach the fundamentals of Lean Startup. After 17 hours, I notice that …

Thinking that something sells itself is an engineer's mistake. I'm an engineer myself, and I have learned through experience that quality is not enough. Selling is important.

Most managers think that 100 plus 10% minus 10% equals 100, so I'm not too sure about those percentages.

I like the honest career advice :) I agree that a tech company should get top talent, but "older top engineers" are often very resistant to change. Say, as JavaScript has gotten mo…

A screen capture sounds like a very good idea, as a nice way to visualize. People tend to buy based on emotions, and then rationalize with logic. The screen capture sounds like an …

It may not always be so obvious, so I think this is good advice. It can be hard to understand where everybody comes from, and expressing the upsides in terms that others really und…

I agree that it is hard to do. If it can't be done, though, only the death of companies with old tech will make the world move on. I think 3) is a good tip, and I have seen it work…

People who are passionate about programming often find themselves with a need to convince their organisation that it is time to try something new. Resistance against this kind of c…