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Why generic marketing approaches don’t work on software developers

TechCrunch

“Most of the technical content published misses the mark with developers. I think we can all do a better job,” author and developer marketing expert Adam DuVander says. DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies.

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Book review: Accelerate

Henrik Warne

The book Accelerate details the findings of four years of research on how DevOps affects various outcomes, such as software delivery tempo and stability, as well as the organizations’ profitability and market share. The findings of the research are presented in the first part of the book (a bit more than half of it).

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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

TechCrunch

Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent. Contributor.

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Through the Looking Glass: How Hiring For ‘Cultural Fit’ Works In A Remote World

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Unfortunately, far too many companies end up with teams that look and act in much the same way. Teams full of different cognitive styles and personalities will not only view problems from every angle, they’ll also solve them faster according to research in HBR. Gladwell blames this disorder on many poor hiring decisions.

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It’s Not All Bad! Using Cloud Drift for Teachable Moments

Prisma Clud

Stack Overflow’s 2021 Developer Survey found that 54% of developers use AWS, yet only 7% use Terraform. That means that far more developers have adopted provisioning, managing and decommissioning cloud infrastructure using methods other than infrastructure as code (IaC). How long did it take to identify?

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

Pressured to do more with less, faster, in flatter organizational structures, IT middle managers serve as a company catchall, with too much time spent on lower-value tasks such as administrative work and planning rather than high-value work such as actually managing and executing plans, according to a recent survey from McKinsey.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO

Panorama Consulting Solutions, which regularly surveys businesses on the outcomes of their ERP projects, shows in its 2022 report that 81% of projects met ROI expectations a year or more after go-live. That’s made it hard for the team working on the ERP upgrade to keep up, so early in 2022 Invacare decided to put the project on hold. “We