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TradeMe’s bold new plan to boost number of women in technical leadership roles

CIO

New Zealand online marketplace TradeMe, has unveiled an ambitious plan to double the number of women in technical leadership roles, to address the persistent gender imbalance in the tech industry, where women remain underrepresented, especially in senior positions. We’ve standardised our hiring processes.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO

Their pay scales often dont afford top technical talent and often dont have technical leadership that can accurately and adequately vet the people theyre interviewing, he says. The first round of training was mostly trial and error, he adds, as well as external courses and a lot of reading.

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On average, CTOs make more than CEOs at early-stage startups

TechCrunch

The interesting outlier in the data is healthcare; it seems as if here, healthcare technical co-founders are particularly lucrative, and are able to attract higher wages as a result. The data suggest that differences vary by stage and by industry. At Series A and beyond, the salary typically tips in the CEO’s favor.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO

GAQM offers an e-course that takes 30 to 35 hours on average to complete that you can take prior to taking the exam. Exam fee: Courses for CSM certification range in price from $250 to $2,495 Expiration: Two years For more information, see “ CSM certification: What you need to know.”

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The value of Agile Architecture in a modern organization

Xebia

Of course, Portfolio management can also take care of this aspect, but in practice, we must focus on the skills required. Another one to consider is technical leadership, experience in the technical domain which can be described as “know your stuff”. Also, do not underestimate communication skills.

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Should You Build in-house or Outsource Development of Your Mobile Apps?

CTOvision

Over the course of time existing team members will take significant new skills to develop their career. Execution: With ownership and budget established, the project owner along with senior technical leadership should evaluate and select a vendor to outsource the development.

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The Top Tech Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2019

UruIT

Keynote speakers include Gregor Hohpe, technical director in Google Cloud’s office of the CTO; Matt Stine, global CTO for architecture at Pivotal and host of the podcast Software Architecture Radio ; Trisha Gee, developer advocate at JetBrains; and several other experts in the field. These immersive courses run for two full days, 9:00 a.m.