InfoQ Culture Methods

MARCH 20, 2024

And we'll find out if we really have to leave tech forever or if there's a way back into engineering. In this virtual panel, we explore what made people decide to become a leader and how they did it. By Ben Linders, Shawna Martell, Peter Gillard-Moss, Brittany Woods

Software Engineering 109

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CIO

MAY 10, 2023

Thirty years of leadership in any industry is a remarkable accomplishment. We’ve built into our culture this ability to proactively stay ahead of the industry, by attracting, growing, and retaining the passionate, diverse technologists who want to bring that thought leadership to our industry, to our clients, and to society.”

Innovation 242

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CIO

JULY 19, 2023

As software and data move to the center of a company’s products and services, the background and skills of the executive leadership team must evolve. And when software shifts from enabling the revenue stream to being the revenue stream, the focus of the chief technologist must expand from internal productivity to the external market.

Leadership 231

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Plenty of people who code for a living are scrambling to add AI prompt engineering and other related skills to their repertoires and worrying about their essential job functions being taken over by AI. However, software engineering doesn’t always seem to reward or even allow incremental learning.

Artificial Inteligence 328

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Xebia

JANUARY 19, 2023

The following is a review of the book Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley, published by O’Reilly in June of 2022, and some takeaway lessons. This book is as good for a project manager or any other non-technical role as it is for a computer science student or a data engineer.

Data Engineering 130

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Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

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. Regularly spending time with domain experts is important.

Engineering Culture 80

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InfoQ Culture Methods

JUNE 30, 2020

The book Becoming an Effective Software Engineering Manager by James Stanier explores how to manage engineers and what managers can do to build and run effective teams. It helps people decide if they want to go from an engineering to a manager role and organize and improve their management activities.

Software Engineering 112

Software Engineering Engineering Management Engineering Software Review 112

TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Women engineers often face workplace and career challenges that their male colleagues don’t because they remain a minority in the profession: Depending on how you count, women make up just 13% to 25% of engineering jobs. Fowler’s ordeal cast a spotlight on the harassment women engineers have to deal with in the workplace.

Engineering 282

Engineering Technical Review Software Review Software Engineering 282

CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years — more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product engineering than it is now for CIOs in other industries. Clearly, the leadership team at Starbucks had the foresight to hire a software company CIO.

Software Review 334

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Software engineer. The demand for software in manufacturing has only increased, as nearly every piece of equipment or hardware is now connected to the internet in some form — and this has also increased the demand for software engineers. Principal software engineer. Systems engineer.

Technical Advisors 290

Technical Advisors Software Engineering Software Development Hardware 290

Modus Create

JUNE 3, 2022

We are excited to announce that Modus Create has acquired Tweag, a software engineering company providing high levels of software assurance to its clients in the fintech, biopharma, and autonomous vehicle space. The post Modus Create Acquires European Software Engineering Firm Tweag appeared first on Modus Create.

Software Engineering 52

Software Engineering Engineering Software Open Source 52

CIO

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Skills: Skills for this role include knowledge of application architecture, automation, ITSM, governance, security, and leadership. DevOps engineer DevOps focuses on blending IT operations with the development process to improve IT systems and act as a go-between in maintaining the flow of communication between coding and engineering teams.

Cloud 325

Cloud Company Disaster Recovery Software Engineering 325

CIO

JULY 20, 2022

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. Lain McGrath, benefits engineer, Gusto. I didn’t just want to be a software engineer — I wanted to be a software engineer at Gusto,” McGrath explains. “I

Technical Review 340

Technical Review Technical Advisors Software Engineering Software Review 340

Strategic Tech

MARCH 26, 2019

Software development is not an established discipline where there is a clear technique used to solve any given problem. In fact, there are near infinite ways to solve every software engineering challenging. The costs of entropy in software systems cannot be over-emphasised. This is natural, yet this is also a big problem.

Software Engineering 76

Software Engineering Engineering Software Software Development 76

Honeycomb

AUGUST 19, 2022

Or, the small crisis with engineering management. In 2018, Honeycomb co-founder & CTO Charity Majors wrote a blog post titled, “An Engineer’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities).” The software engineering community was rethinking some long-held ideas about engineering career paths. No rights for them.

Engineering 145

Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach Engineering Management 145

Exadel

MAY 5, 2020

It also plays an important role in the work of software engineers by providing accurate, actionable feedback that helps engineers understand where and how to make improvements to a product or process. When used correctly, KPIs and OKRs are valuable tools for data-driven software engineering. Source: Exadata.

Software Engineering 52

Software Engineering Engineering Software Review Software 52

CIO

APRIL 27, 2023

The demand for specialized skills has boosted salaries in cybersecurity, data, engineering, development, and program management. It’s a role that typically requires at least a bachelor’s degree in information technology, software engineering, computer science, or a related field. increase from 2021.

Technical Review 290

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CTOvision

JUNE 15, 2020

The leadership team at OODA have had the pleasure of working with and learning from Bobbie Stempfley since her leadership of the Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD […].

Software Engineering 96

Software Engineering Engineering Software Leadership 96

CIO

JANUARY 6, 2023

Cloud engineers should have experience troubleshooting, analytical skills, and knowledge of SysOps, Azure, AWS, GCP, and CI/CD systems. Database developers should have experience with NoSQL databases, Oracle Database, big data infrastructure, and big data engines such as Hadoop. The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023.

LAN 358

LAN Systems Administration How To WAN 358

CIO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Software engineer. Software engineers are one of the most sought-after roles in the US finance industry, with Dice citing a 28% growth in job postings from January to May. Full-stack software engineer. Back-end software engineer. Director of software engineering.

Software Engineering 246

Software Engineering Data Engineering DevOps AWS 246

CIO

AUGUST 31, 2022

Software engineer. Software engineers are one of the most sought-after roles in the US finance industry, with Dice citing a 28% growth in job postings from January to May. Full-stack software engineer. Back-end software engineer. Director of software engineering.

Software Engineering 246

Software Engineering Data Engineering DevOps AWS 246

Apiumhub

JUNE 16, 2021

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. This unique mix of senior engineer plus agile manager doesn’t come easy or naturally for anyone. We’ve collected a few of the best tech leadership books, so you can dive in with the best chance of success.

Technical Review 131

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Propelo (previously known as LevelOps ) wants to bring order to this chaos and aims to build an “AI-driven engineering excellence platform” that brings together a set of machine learning-powered analytics services and no-code robotic process automation (RPA) tools to help users turn these data points into something actionable.

Engineering 199

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

This demand has driven up salaries for IT roles, especially those around development, engineering, and support. Skills such as software engineering, architecture, cloud, and program management are highly sought after as more companies explore creating both internal and external applications and solutions.

Systems Administration 350

Systems Administration Hardware Project Management DevOps 350

Modern CTO

MARCH 18, 2024

Researching and developing software engineering analytics and automated software maintenance. About Sema At Sema, we bring technologists and non-technologists together through Executive Engineering Intelligence.

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Leadership 67

Gitprime

APRIL 1, 2022

Senior Software Engineer Kristen Foster-Marks discusses how the right type of data can make a huge difference in productivity, team health, and retaining top talent.

Data Engineering 75

Data Engineering Engineering Data Leadership 75

DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A common challenge today for engineering teams is the increasing complexity of their jobs and figuring out how to make it both productive and enjoyable without burning out. Over the last ten years, the role of a software engineer has evolved drastically.

Engineering 122

Engineering How To Software Engineering Software 122

CircleCI

OCTOBER 6, 2020

When you start your career as a software engineer, task and time management is pretty straightforward. You’ve been successful in your engineering career and you are working for an organization that is pushing you to grow! Growing in your engineering career and taking on a leadership role requires a new approach to productivity.

Software Engineering 56

Software Engineering Software Review Engineering Software 56

CIO

MARCH 1, 2024

Moreover, lack of representation of women at senior levels in IT is notable, with women facing more barriers when climbing the leadership ladder. The event gives women in tech, namely women engineers, the chance to network with more than 350 tech companies and have one-on-one meetings with companies at seven national events.

Conference 278

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Dzone - DevOps

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

How do you build an engineering organization that can drive your company to a billion-dollar valuation and unicorn status? Brent Bartlett, VP of Engineering at GRIN, joins the podcast this week to share his blueprint for success and his path to leadership.

Engineering 111

Engineering Leadership Organization Company 111

CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Prepping for success By focusing on training and certifying learners in valuable, in-demand skills, Per Scholas aims to be a “pathway to a thriving wage,” says Wayne Wilson, director of business solutions at the nonprofit, who graduated from Per Scholas’ software engineering program in 2019 before going on to work for the organization.

Nonprofit 264

Nonprofit Training Software Engineering Programming 264

CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Moreover, Black IT pros — even those in leadership positions — still encounter unique challenges both in the workplace and in their career paths. Black Code Collective The Black Code Collective (BCC) was started in 2016 to create a safe space and community for Black software engineers.

Organization 279

Organization Nonprofit Energy Conference 279

DevOps.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In the world of software engineering, we feel this acutely as all eyes are on the engineering team to continue building innovative new products and solutions—maintaining […]. The post Debunking Misconceptions About Engineering Management in 2020 appeared first on DevOps.com.

Engineering Management 114

Engineering Management Engineering Software Engineering Innovation 114

Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sure… I cannot tell you how many times when functioning as a systems engineer, I was told, “You know how developers are…" Well, yeah, I coded for many years. And how often do we hear that the stereotypical engineer should not be a manager because of social awkwardness or the inability to delegate? “Don’t be too technical.

Weak Development Team 98

Weak Development Team Technical Advisors Engineering Leadership 98

Gitprime

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Software engineering leadership isn’t just about making goals and executing on development cycles. It’s about embracing each developer’s weirdness and giving them the space to create in their way.

Leadership 98

Leadership Software Engineering Engineering Software 98

Tandem

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Tandem’s custom software engineering team works collaboratively to create products for our clients. For today’s Tandem Roundtable, our engineering managers (Mercedes, Chris, and Kate) sat down to discuss how they create opportunities for career growth, cultivate an inclusive workplace culture, and support each other along the way.

Engineering 52

Engineering Leadership Software Review Technical Review 52

CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That’s as true for the engineering teams electrifying the cars as it is for those that Battle oversees who are transforming the company’s IT systems. We’ve put in a lot of RPA capability, but I think Appian is probably our biggest engine for now,” he says. Moving quickly meant the business had to pivot to accommodate the change.

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