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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. Open sourcing" means to make software's source code publicly available, so that anybody can recreate the software or modify it to make their own version.

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Should MBAs Learn to Code?

Harvard Business Review

Should I learn to code?". Bloggers like Yipit co-founder Vin Vacanti have shared views on the payoff from learning to code, as have several students at Harvard Business School, including Dana Hork , Matt Boys , and Matt Thurmond. Writing Software. Communicating with Developers. It has been edited slightly.

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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. Open sourcing" means to make software's source code publicly available, so that anybody can recreate the software or modify it to make their own version.

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Employers Aren’t Just Whining – the “Skills Gap” Is Real

Harvard Business Review

Last year, 35% of 38,000 employers reported difficulty filling jobs due to lack of available talent; in the U.S., A graphic designer with a bachelor’s degree does not necessarily have the skills to work on a web development team. 39% of employers did. Nor is the skills gap primarily a problem of schooling.