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

CIO

Middle managers need strong mentors and a network of colleagues who understand their problems and can offer advice based on their own experience when things get tough, so the manager can learn how to cope, get back on track, and thrive. But it starts with identifying a middle manager who needs an assist and then stepping in to intervene.

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Commit raises $6M seed round to match senior engineers to startups they want to work for

TechCrunch

The company, which focuses on working with remote-first startups, launched in 2019, with co-founders Greg Gunn (CEO) and Beier Cai (CTO), who met as early employees at Hootsuite, bootstrapping the company while they worked out the details of how they wanted Commit to work. So the team decided to figure out ways to remove these barriers.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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Many of the women interviewed for this article were uncomfortable being named for fear of reprisal or stunted career development. “I Myself and a person I mentor both got told we were both diversity hires,” says a deputy digital director in public sector. You haven’t got what it takes. I’ve heard that directly.”

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Nightfall raises cash for its AI that detects sensitive data across apps

TechCrunch

Madan founded Nightfall in 2018 alongside CTO Rohan Sathe. Madan says he and Sathe were inspired to launch Nightfall by Sathe’s personal experiences with data breaches arising from poor “data security hygiene.” ” Image Credits: Nightfall AI. ” Image Credits: Nightfall AI.

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

TechCrunch

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

CIO

CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware. As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. Leverage the engineers on your team, who are excited about the challenges they’re solving,” says Drees. It can also help to focus some time, money, and people on intentionally expanding that network.

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Storm in the stratosphere: how the cloud will be reshuffled

Erik Bernhardsson

We currently have cloud vendors that offer end-to-end solutions from the developer experience down to the hardware: What if cloud vendors focus on the lowest layer, and other (pure software) vendors on the layer above? Margins aren't so bad and vendor lock-in is still pretty high. Maybe owning the lowest layer isn't so bad?

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