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5 ways to improve mental health for software developers

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Lorna Mitchell is head of Developer Relations at Aiven , a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure. I have worked remotely in technology for over a decade, and I’ll share my tips for how fast-paced technical startups can take good care of their software development talent. Contributor.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

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Business leaders expect IT to develop new products, improve customer experiences, automate workflows, and deliver new artificial intelligence capabilities. Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies.

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Emerging companies thrive on data. Shouldn’t they use it to improve hiring decisions?

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The consequences of this is not only detrimental to building teams, but to the overall diversity of the startup space. There’s a science to building teams, and therefore selecting talent to join teams. There’s a science to building teams, and therefore selecting talent to join teams.

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Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones

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But Martin says the proof is in the pudding: thousands of hybrid and remote teams use Kumospace today, some for more than five hours per day. ” One might counter that, in fact, there were “good solutions” for group video chat in April 2020, like Zoom, Google Hangouts (now Google Meet) and Microsoft Teams.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus.

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Why Ruby Life CISO George Al Koura puts people first

CIO

But when it comes to actual business, George Al Koura, CISO of online dating company Ruby Life, has built a career on how long-term success depends on building team cohesion within the organization, and elevating the relationship with partners outside it. And I think that’s what it takes.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

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Traditionally, companies hold in-person sales kickoffs (SKOs) in January and February to network, educate sales teams about new products and devise strategies for the year ahead. You’ve got to spend money to make money” is a cliché, but if you’re building a company that hopes to compete in the cloud, it’s a fact. Walter Thompson.