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After installing RVM and reloading the terminal running "ruby -v" does not show the latest ruby installed

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The problem is that RVM is not loading when opening a new shell Quick solution:  Open this file: .bash_profile Enter this: [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" Details: I have helped like 10 people installed their Rails environment...

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The Effectiveness Of The Rock Paper Scissors Handshake @BuiltinChicago events

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Does this happen to you? You are going to shake hands with someone and they do fist instead. Then you change to fist and he changes to hand, then you switch again...akward moment. When this happens I make the akward moment funny and I say: "Try scissors...

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Why Do We Blog and What @BuiltinChicago Did Wrong

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What incentives sales people? What incentives programmers? From what I read, talked to people and my own experience, sales people are incentived by sales commissions. Programmers are not incentived only by a good salary, but also awesome coworkers, recognition...

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2 Experiments of The Honor System in Chicago's Tech Community and @CodeAcademy

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I thought the honor system was a myth. Last year I heard a colleague talking about the honor system. He hired an intern and said she was working some days from home. I asked him how he knew if she was working or not. He said he follows the honor system. I thought of...

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3 Ways To Find Out If You Hired The Wrong People For Your Startup

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Last night I had the pleasure to go to the Built in Chicago networking meetup where I was able to connect with my Code Academy classmates and some local startup friends. I came across this very peculiar guy. He is the CTO for a startup. Since I recently finished Code...

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The Coolest People in Chicago @CodeAcademy Demo Day Winter 2012

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An epic event took place on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @1871Chicago The students of @CodeAcademy Winter 2012 including me Tom (Tomas) Ordonez presented what we did for the last 3 months. Ruby On Rails. A list of all students presenting here Everybody did an awesome work...

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Pay It Forward Building a Better #Startup Community With @tomordonez #CodeAcademy

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In order to focus 100% on my startup Marketaero.com I decided to drop all my side projects. Focusing on a startup also means that I need to put back my lessons learned into the community. This is StartupMVP.me This side project started as technical recruiter, then...

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4 Ways To Keep Your Sanity At Your #Startup

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Last weekend I went to have dinner with the family. My daughter (a toddler) was not in the best mood but still we decided to go out and have some Thai food. They picked me up from the library and I had my laptop with me. We walk into the restaurant and order some food...

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5 Lessons Learned From @CodeAcademy Winter 2012 Class With @tomordonez

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12 weeks pass by really fast, specially when you are holding a full time job and building a startup. My biggest pain before Code Academy was that I didn't have enough skills to manage a software development project. My main objective was accomplished. But 3 months...

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Tom (Tomas) Ordonez

Tom (Tomas) Ordonez

Hi I'm Tom Ordonez. Call me Tomas.

See my profile here: http://tomordonez.brandyourself.com/

I work on:

- http://Hackatrain.com, Creator and RailRoad Engineer. The 1st Hackathon on a moving train in Chicago.

- http://Marketaero.com, CEO and Co-Founder. The amazon.com of aircraft parts for airlines.

- http://aeroinvestments.com, Product Manager. Aviation sales and consulting. I have done everything here: Biz dev, HR, sales, operations, IT, engineering.

What I have done:

- http://Coderetreatmiami.com, software development events based on the original idea of @CoreyHaines. I organized the 1st one in Miami on December of 2011.

- Studied at http://codeacademy.org/ Ruby On Rails School. I also have an engineering and management background.

I also do:
Play the bass. Played with 10 bands in Chicago since 2007 at the usual bars around town. My last gig was the Navy Pier. I like every style of music and stopped collecting basses. Down to 3 now.

Contact me for anything related with aviation, lean development, ruby on rails and biz dev.

Contact me for serious music gigs or jams.

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