Tag: engineers

Solving the Culture Conundrum in Software Engineering
The one crucial ingredient underpinning our transition to a digital-first economy, more than any other, is software. That’s why software engineering has become one of the world’s most in-demand professions. In the ...

Why the Linux Kernel is Still Important
Last year, the Linux kernel turned 30. If you’re someone who’s been immersed in the Linux world since Y2K like I am, it may feel a bit surreal that so much time ...

DataOps: The Key for Real-Time Data Application Development
Data engineers and developers face challenges every day to help their organizations digitally transform. To do this, they must deliver real-time data applications faster, better and cheaper. With businesses in every industry ...

Managing Remotely: 6 Ways to Support Engineers
Managing remote engineers effectively comes with a host of considerations. Here are six to keep in mind Dear 2020, we’d like our deep work back. Our shift to remote work in 2020 ...

How to Reduce Engineer Burnout During COVID-19
Burnout is increasingly common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how to cope effectively The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we all work, connect and live. Many teams have been forced to ...

Important DevOps Roles Every Organization Needs to Succeed
There is no agreement between the scholars and the practitioners of what the DevOps concept necessitates. There are many definitions available for the term "DevOps," but it is the term used for ...

Does the DevOps Engineer Exist? How Beliefs Can Influence Hiring
Does a DevOps engineer actually exist? That's a risky subject to broach for a person who specializes in DevOps hiring. To the untrained eye, the easy answer is, Yes. However, to all ...

Is AWS Cloud Per-Second Billing Boon or Bane for DevOps Engineers?
Amazon's introduction of its AWS services in 2006 with a per-hour billing model for compute resources was a game-changer for the IT world. Since then, AWS has taken over the cloud computing ...

In Product Development, Transparency is the New Agility
The rise of DevOps has shown that agility and speed are key drivers for turning a business into a high-growth company. But as product managers, that’s not all we can take away ...

How Much QA is Enough in Software Development?
People working in quality assurance as testers, managers or engineers know what it’s like having to justify their existence; it’s been part of the job for many years. QA experts have had ...

Building DevOps Careers: One Man’s Journey, Part 2
In Part One of this two-part series, we introduced former SlideShare and LinkedIn software engineer Sylvain Kalache, who shared his career growth within the two companies. In this second part, we’ll look ...

Building DevOps Careers: One Man’s Journey, Part 1
In 2011, Sylvain Kalache was a software engineer at SlideShare, which LinkedIn acquired in 2012. Kalache was a senior systems reliability engineer (SRE) at LinkedIn, doing project management and planning, documenting and ...