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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO

Fail fast is a frequent maxim in business, but what about reverse engineering that concept? We sought technology leaders who could advise on succeeding fast, along with creating a strong organization, developing team leaders, leveraging the support of peers, and specifically how to streamline day-to-day management of a technology group.

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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

When you’ve spent your career mastering complex technologies, stepping into a leadership role might not be the first item on your wish list. But how do you prepare others on your team for this next career step? I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team.

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The CIO’s primary job: Developing future IT leaders

CIO

But it is equally vital to identify those people who can develop into managers and create a path forward for them as well. The most innovative engineer does not always become the most successful engineering manager. Changing the equation IT has not traditionally tried very hard to develop strong managers from within.

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3 Ways to Discover Your Authentic Leadership Style

CIO

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman and CEO, DataStax Everyone has a point of view on leadership. After 20+ years in tech and speaking with leaders from many of the world’s most recognized brands and fastest-growing startups, I’ve learned that the most important thing about leadership is: Be yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans. Frequently reassign underperformers to other teams. Pivot frequently.

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7 Pieces of Bad Advice for Women in Engineering Leadership

Dzone - DevOps

Not because all advice is bad, but because all people are different. 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. I am unique, and some advice applies to me, and some not. Don’t be too technical.

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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

CIO

Open source is great,” adds Val Marchevsky, head of engineering at Uber Freight. “I A model trained on, say, an archive of flat earth conspiracy theories will be bad at answering science questions, or a model fine-tuned by North Korean hackers might be bad at correctly identifying malware. I find open source extremely valuable.”