Members

Dave Hoover

Company
Groupon
title
Senior Engineering Manager

recent blog posts

A Letter to Code Academy students
Welcome to Chicago, Code Academy Winter-2012 students! Let me tell you, there are a lot of people in this city who are excited that you’re here. You’ll be meeting them soon, maybe you already have!
01/05/2012
Code Academy
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What the potential Groupon deal means to me
[Cross-posted as Try to keep up at my personal blog.] As I read Groupon's Biggest Deal Could Transform City's Tech Start-Ups, I felt compelled to write up a few related thoughts.
12/03/2010
31

Choosing Measurement and Leverage
[I'm reposting this from when I posted it to my blog 19 months ago, because I thought it would fit well here at builtinchicago.org. I've updated some of the numbers to reflect the current state of things.]
10/02/2010
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First Reaction
I love Chicago. And I love developing software while developing startups in Chicago. So builtinchicago.org would seem like a great place for me to feel at home. And I guess I do, but I already have a network of people I'm connected to through LinkedIn and Twitter. And I'm not sure how this site...
10/01/2010
30

my activity

Tech Entrepreneurship is like Parenthood
Many of the best software developers I know depend heavily on their personal networks to troubleshoot and solve problems. Software is too complex to go it alone. You need to have a team, network, and...
04/02/2012 View
Knowing how much I don't know is the new roadmap
Great post, Chris. Especially: "...how I see the world unfolding over the next 20 years, knowing how to read and write code for a variety of languages doesn't make you a developer -- it makes you a...
04/02/2012 View
1871 - Let's Build Something
Great post, great idea, and thanks for chairing it! I’m eager to see what sort of impact that 1871 will have on our tech ecosystem.
04/02/2012 View
Hello Code Academy!
Exciting times. Great job on launching the site, Mike. Like Troy, I can't wait to see the level of awesome that Code Academy produces.
04/02/2012 View
Another Awesome Chicago Success Story: Obtiva Acquired by Groupon
Thanks Maria! We're excited about the opportunity to bring Obtiva's culture to such a remarkable company.
04/02/2012 View