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Nigeria’s AltSchool increases course options amidst soaring tech-skill demand

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After launching its inaugural school of engineering earlier this year and raising pre-seed funding, Nigeria’s AltSchool has expanded its catalog to include data and product schools, responding to the growing demand for these technical skills by youth and employers.

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MergeStat channels open source and SQL to bring ‘operational analytics’ to software engineering

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“This has led us to where we are today, where our mission is to support operational analytics for software engineering teams,” DeVivo said. “If it’s involved in building or shipping software, we’d like to make it possible to query with SQL.” Example pull request (PR) data derived via MergeStat.

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Sleuth wants to use AI to measure software developer productivity

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As knowledge workers including software engineers shifted to remote work during the pandemic, executives expressed a concern that productivity would suffer as a result. The evidence is mixed on this, but in the software industry particularly, remote work exacerbated many of the challenges that employees already faced.

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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

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There are several to choose from, each focusing on a specific role in the organization, or a specific area of Scrum and agile, with options from various vendors offering courses and exams to validate your knowledge around the best practices and principles of Scrum.

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Your Generative AI strategy could use a startup’s touch

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Your GenAI strategy playbook Startups, of course, move quickly because their ability to be nimble and strategic determines their long-term viability. Be strategic (of course). What are your metrics for success? So, what can organizations of all sizes think about when creating their GenAI Strategy Playbook?

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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

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Gartner’s surveys and data from client inquiries confirm that developer productivity remains a top priority for software engineering leaders.” One big caveat of some productivity measurements is that some can lead to false positives, or cause engineers to game the system. “As

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

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With an undergraduate degree in political science and time spent as a Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteer, Lain McGrath hardly envisioned a career in software engineering. I didn’t just want to be a software engineer — I wanted to be a software engineer at Gusto,” McGrath explains. “I