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African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

TechCrunch

Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). ALG founder and CEO Fred Swaniker started the organization as a leadership academy (now the African Leadership Academy ) for small cohorts of students. Image Credits: African Leadership Group.

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A Software Engineering Career Ladder

James Shore

Where the old spreadsheet focused on individual ownership and investigating new technologies, the new one emphasizes teamwork, peer leadership, and maintainable code. I’m hoping this will help direct people to new behaviors, which will in turn start to change the engineering culture. Because I want your feedback.

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On the cutting edge: Celebrating 30 years of technological innovation and leadership at Thoughtworks

CIO

This May, Thoughtworks is proud to celebrate 30 years of helping their clients across the world to build the modern digital businesses of the future through the application of strategy, technology and design. Thirty years of leadership in any industry is a remarkable accomplishment. Are we still innovating?

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

Brian Lillie is president of Private Cloud at Rackspace and had previous technology leadership roles at Equinix, Verisign, SGI, and the United States Air Force, so he’s worked hard to define his leadership style. With these values clearly defined, Lillie had a new question: “How do I apply these values to leadership?”

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Lexmark International’s Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership

CIO

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. When IoT becomes the driver of a new solutions P&L, the general manager of that business will need more technology acumen than general managers of the past.

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The [Often] Overlooked Skillset: Top 8 Soft Skills for Software Engineers

Gorilla Logic

Skill #3: Leadership Whether you choose a managerial or technical-oriented career path, you may be asked to lead projects or teams from time to time. Leadership skills include the ability to delegate, provide clear direction, motivate and inspire others, and also make difficult decisions in a timely manner.

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How leadership can empower developers in the AI era

CIO

Why so many developers feel like frauds at work No industry is immune to imposter syndrome, but certain aspects of how software developers work can leave them particularly vulnerable to feelings of imposterism. However, software engineering doesn’t always seem to reward or even allow incremental learning.