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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

It’s been a fascinating opportunity to rebuild an engineering organization from the inside, and I’m loving every minute. We’re introducing a lot of cutting-edge software development practices, such as self-organizing vertically-scaled teams and Extreme Programming. A Lever for Change This is where the new career ladder comes in.

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Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

CIO

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. In 2020, McKinsey surveyed 440 large companies about their “ developer velocity” — meaning the practices that best tap the full potential of development talent. Right now, there are roughly 27 million developers on the job, 4.4 That isn’t easy.

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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO

At the same time, developers are scarce, and the demand for new software is high. This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner. Organizations need to get the most out of the limited number of developers they’ve got,” he says.

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Software Developer vs Software Engineer Differences: Bogus or Real

Codegiant

From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1: “ The difference between a software developer and a software engineer is the same as the difference between a c**k and penis. ”?—?Unknown. So, today’s topic… Software Developers vs Software Engineers Personally, it pisses me off. You’re like an overseer.

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What do software engineers do?

Openxcell

Software engineering jobs carry a whole lot of hype around it. Regardless of the toil a software engineer goes through, it is certainly a well-paying career profile that has a bright future. What is a Software Engineer? Application software developers. System software developers.

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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

Xebia

Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. It is a vehicle to drive development. The goal, according to Test-Driven Development: By Example , is simple yet powerful: Clean Code That Works.

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LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development

Honeycomb

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. This means shipping sooner, observing the results, and wrapping your observations back into the development process. 100% debuggable?