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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

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But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. The best salesperson does not always make the best sales manager. The most innovative engineer does not always become the most successful engineering manager.

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Managing Engineering Teams During Economic Downturns

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We’ve seen thousands of layoffs at public tech companies, along with weak stock performances and a decline in venture capital funding.

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What Makes a Tech Interview Great? Hear an Engineer’s Perspective

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They are growing increasingly biased towards roles that challenge their expertise and companies that enable positive candidate experience. A significant factor I evaluate is the alignment of my expertise with the company’s needs. So, ask the candidate questions that reflect their team playing capabilities.

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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

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But how do you prepare others on your team for this next career step? Because if you don’t do the upfront work to prepare your team to take the helm, you won’t have anyone to fill those seats when you want to move up — or step down. I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team.

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Mintlify taps AI to automatically generate documentation from code

TechCrunch

Mintlify , a startup developing software to automate software documentation tasks, today announced that it raised $2.8 CEO Han Wang says that the proceeds will be put toward product development and doubling Mintlify’s core, three-person team by the end of the year. ” Image Credits: Mintlify.

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Developer Experience at Netlify

Netlify

I was 8 years into my career as a Software Engineer before I heard the term “Developer Advocacy.” You see, I switched careers from teaching but still had a latent passion that was mainly used to mentor internally at the companies I worked at, however not as much as I would have liked. I thought it sounded amazing.

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How to hire great engineers when you don’t have any technical expertise

TechCrunch

Marcelo Wiermann leads the global recommendations engineering division at Delivery Hero , one of the world's leading online food ordering and quick commerce companies. Recruiting a winning engineering team can be intimidating, especially for first-time and non-technical founders. Assessment.