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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO

While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Large IT Projects During Economic Headwinds

CIO

Rapid talent aggregation One of the most challenging aspects of software engineering in today’s environment is assembling quality talent. The right partner can bring a team of highly skilled engineers together in a matter of days or weeks, allowing you to accelerate development and deliver your key projects in a timely fashion.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

TechCrunch

CEO Jon Perl tells TechCrunch that the new cash will go toward expanding QA Wolf’s engineering team as well as ongoing sales and marketing efforts. Indeed, Statista found that organizations spent around 23% of their annual IT budgets on quality assurance and testing between 2012 and 2019. ” Image Credits: QA Wolf.

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

Astro , a startup helping companies to build and manage developer teams with talent from Latin America, today exited from stealth with $13 million in Series A funding contributed by Greycroft with participation by Obvious Ventures and other unnamed investors. million by 2030. based tech companies. based tech companies.

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Development Versus QA: Ending the Battle Once and for All

DevOps.com

It’s an accepted norm in software engineering that quality assurance (QA) engineers and developers will be perpetually at odds. They believe some animosity is beneficial, because QA has to hold developers accountable for good quality, and developers need to […].

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO

But 86% of technology managers also said that it’s challenging to find skilled professionals in software and applications development, technology process automation, and cloud architecture and operations. Companies will have to be more competitive than ever to land the right talent in these high-demand areas. 25th percentile.

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UI-licious gets $1.5M led by Monk’s Hill Ventures to simplify automated UI testing for web apps

TechCrunch

The round was led by Monk’s Hill Ventures and will be used to grow UI-licious’ product development and marketing teams. UI-licious , a Singapore-based startup that simplifies automated user interface testing for web applications, announced today it has raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding.

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