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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

It says the Series A will be used to fuel further business expansion, including by further expanding the team and beefing up technical leadership. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups. The 2020-founded startup has now raised a total of $39.5

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B.

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Measuring and managing technical debt with DevOps

CircleCI

It is essential to examine the causes of technical debt to see how a DevOps process can help. There are two primary sources of technical debt: Business requirements including time pressure and changing conditions. Some debt may also come from insufficient support from the business to address technical debt itself.

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

virtual events platform Hopin serves as another example, rising from a seed-stage upstart at the pandemic’s outset to become a $6 billion juggernaut in just 12 months — before laying off a huge chunk of its staff in pursuit of more sustainable growth. In the U.K.,

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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

Martin Fowler argues that internal quality of a software system enables new features and improvements to be delivered more sustainably. Both valuing design and striving for continuous delivery are necessary. Design, how things are named, structured, organised and so on, is a fundamental part of internal quality.

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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

can no longer remain ahead while fielding and sustaining 3, 4, or even 5 generation old information technology. Strong Technical Leadership – Excessive acquisition oversight and bureaucratic processes have driven many strong technical people away from a Navy acquisition career path. Strong Technical Leadership.

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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

The result of these law changes has been the breakup of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, into two Acquisition Under Secretaries, one for Research and Engineering, and the second for Acquisition and Sustainment.

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