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Is the power of people skills enough to keep gen AI in check?

CIO

Fortunately, emotional intelligence and communication skills are something people can change, says Ronald Placone, professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who’s done research in this area. IT is not an individual sport,” says Laura Baldwin, president at O’Reilly Media. It’s not like personality, which is pretty hard wired,” he says.

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Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview with Kevin Wylie

Netflix Tech

In his free time he enjoys gardening and playing sports with his 4 kids. What keeps me engaged and enjoying data engineering is giving super-suits and adrenaline shots to analytics engineers and data scientists.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

Sports and athletic activities, non-work-related reading, creating art, time with friends and family, immersion in nature, religious services, quiet contemplation, and non-tech volunteer work are the most effective ways to refresh myself now. Are we executing against the strategy as planned? Is it having the desired impact?