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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. Nothing clicked until she spoke to Trainline, the international digital rail and coach technology platform, headquartered in London.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

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Banerji is the managing partner for the Data, Digital & Technology Leaders Practice at Caldwell, recruiting such roles as CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, chief data officer, CISO, and the related leadership suites. Do you want to be on this board and an advisor of that? Do you want a full-time job? Do you want to be an operator?

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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

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Instead of focusing on administrative tasks, spend time coaching, goal setting, and leading, he says. “I I do AMAs [ask me anything conversations] every six weeks,” says Pedro Canahuati, CTO at 1Password. “I You don’t even need strong social skills. Talk about it on social media. Embed it in the language,” says Glass.

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5 steps we can take to address the cyber skills shortage

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As a field CTO, I have always been conscious of providing new members of my team with both a mentor and a clearly articulated career pathway, with specific goals and targets. This all builds strong social capital, and these are the ties that bind.

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Masters, an app for training with celeb athletes, closes a $2.7M seed funding round

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Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. Dorffer told me: “People love to follow their sports idols on TV, social media, print and audiobooks… Masters represents a brand new publishing format, we call it ‘interactive training documentaries’. What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

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Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO). With high-frequency microlearning and personal health coaching, Health U keeps patients engaged with their health on a daily basis. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO). ” Bonfire. ” Skipper. ” Parthean.

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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

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We dove into publicly available information and talked to a number of product managers and those who hire, supervise, and mentor them in order to get a sense of what you can expect in this job market — and how you can improve your prospects and your compensation if you’re working in this field. Do product managers make good money?