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Should MBAs Learn to Code?

Harvard Business Review

While acknowledging that C is well suited for this purpose, these students would have preferred more focus on languages used in web development (e.g., Entrepreneurship Information & technology Tech industry' JavaScript, HTML, and PHP), which are covered in the last one-third of CS50''s syllabus.

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Where Are All the Self-Employed Workers?

Harvard Business Review

The boom in independent web developers is of course exactly the kind of New Economy, Free Agent phenomenon we’ve been expecting to find. Entrepreneurship Human resources Small/medium business' Free Agent Nation is out there, and parts of it are growing fast.

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How the Philippines Became Tech Startups’ New Source for Talent

Harvard Business Review

A great web developer with at least five years’ experience can cost less than $25,000 a year. The median age is 24, and local universities produce over 130,000 graduates in information technology and engineering each year. Most are skilled in the more ubiquitous programming languages and producing iOS and Android apps.