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Formation raises $4M led by Andreessen Horowitz to train truly ‘exceptional’ software engineers

TechCrunch

For one, they wanted to offer personalized training to help people not just learn to code, but to become “exceptional” software engineers. But the problem is that only about 55% of bootcamp grads are getting a job as a software engineer, and of the ones that do, their median salary is only about $65,000.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Barnabas Maidics, Software Engineer

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Barnabas is a 3 year Clouderan working as a Software Engineer in Hungary. . At the early age of 14, Barnabas was already settled on the fact that he would become a Software Engineer when he grew up. As a Software Engineer at Cloudera, Barnabas gets to experience rewarding work with emerging technologies like Apache Kafka.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

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Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. So congratulations!

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

Gorilla Logic

In the rapidly evolving world of software development, it’s no longer enough to advance your technical skills. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the top eight soft skills you can develop to help you stand out and advance your career in software development faster. For engineers, solving problems never ends. Let’s dive in!

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What do software engineers do?

Openxcell

Software engineering jobs carry a whole lot of hype around it. Regardless of the toil a software engineer goes through, it is certainly a well-paying career profile that has a bright future. What is a Software Engineer? Application software developers. System software developers.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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Skills: Knowledge and skills for this role include an understanding of implementation and integration, security, configuration, and knowledge of popular cloud software tools such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Exchange, and Office 365. Role growth: 20% of businesses have added cloud systems engineer roles as part of their cloud investments.

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Tonic is betting that synthetic data is the new big data to solve scalability and security

TechCrunch

Tonic is a “synthetic data” platform that transforms raw data into more manageable and private datasets usable by software engineers and business analysts. Tonic’s approach has the benefit of helping solve not just privacy issues, but also scalability challenges as datasets get larger and larger in size. Tonic’s team.

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