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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

I’ve been quiet lately, and that’s because I’ve joined OpenSesame as Vice President of Engineering. It’s been a fascinating opportunity to rebuild an engineering organization from the inside, and I’m loving every minute. What I’m really doing is changing the engineering culture at OpenSesame. It tends to snap back.

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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. They prefer to work in isolation and just deliver.

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A Supportive Engineering Culture is Key for Recruiting and Productivity

DevOps.com

Strong engineering talent allows businesses to increase productivity and meet customer demand faster, which is essential for long-term success.

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Codacy nabs $15M to improve code reviews with automation

TechCrunch

Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But what is verifiable is that Codacy sees a strong business opportunity beyond code reviews in the area of engineering performance monitoring.

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

It’s well-established that there’s a severe shortage of experienced software developers. In a February poll by Infragistics, more than half (53%) of software developers and IT professionals said that the biggest challenge this year will be recruiting developers with the right skills. million by 2030.

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Enhancing Domain-Driven Design Through Collaborative Systems Thinking

Xebia

Domain-driven design (DDD) has emerged in software engineering as a methodology for tackling complex domain problems by connecting the implementation to an evolving model. The Essence of Collaboration The goal of domain-driven design is to translate the complexity of a context to a software design level. But What Are Systems?

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Turning Domain Discovery into Product and Organizational Improvements with a DDD Exemplar

Strategic Tech

In companies with many teams and many millions of lines of code, including a lot of legacy, there are endless things that can be improved in the product, software, and organization. Choosing where to focus is a balancing act: delivering new products, fixing legacy software, and improving engineering culture.