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

CIO

According to a survey conducted by FTI Consulting on behalf of UST, a digital transformation consultancy, 99% of senior IT decision makers say their companies are deploying AI, with more than half using and integrating it throughout their organizations, and 93% say that AI will be essential to success in the next five years.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer. Maria Gutierrez is a VP of Engineering and an excellent example of Scotland’s commitment to employing women in the STEM sector. LinkedIn. 8 – Maria Gutierrez. LinkedIn. 10 – Liz Keogh.

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Hiring A Recruiter: 3 Things Startups Should Know

Battery Ventures

It can be daunting to trust a challenging and high-stakes process to an outside consultant. A former boss of mine was a recruiter who only did VP of engineering and CTO searches. A recruiter working on contingency can’t afford to do as much in-depth work on your search as a retained consultant.

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

We have conferences on data engineering. There is a gradual recognition of the need for data engineering. I’m hoping my body of work will educate organizations on this critical need. To validate their findings, they contracted another data scientist with a specialty in image processing. Recognition and appreciation.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Choose one of the rough edges, make an educated guess about how to improve, observe what happens, and repeat. Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. I was consultant for 23 years prior to joining this company, and was looking for companies to join for five years prior to choosing this one. From a tactical perspective, most engineers dont know how to design software incrementally.