Ten years ago, IT managers were leading tech teams. But in today’s fast-paced, innovative tech landscape, a new leader is coming of age: the Dev Manager. More than a Product Manager Development Managers are leading groups of software developers, supervising their team’s work as they develop web applications, network systems,…
As we enter the era of Internet of Things, developers need training to code for interconnected smart devices. It is the next technology revolution, according to the Toptal Engineering Blog. Developers creating apps and software with IoT capabilities need to focus on four key features: No. 1: Interaction with multiple…
Dev Managers, take note: Ongoing learning and professional growth is so important to developers that they would take a job with development opportunities over a job with higher pay. Managers should incentivize their developers with training because developers today are frequently recruited and open to changing jobs, even if they’re…
Code quality is suffering, and software developers and their Dev Manager don’t agree where the responsibility lies. A recent study by CAST Software found that enterprises are releasing apps with poor line code quality for “mission critical” functions, particularly in financial organizations that are managing sensitive, private data. There’s a…
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Built.io® – a technology provider with digital solutions that enable organizations to quickly create, connect and scale applications across mobile, web and IoT – today announced the Built.io Community and the Internet of API (IoA) Awards. In a nod to its innovative culture,…
HACKATHONS In technology talented cities and schools around the country, groups of strangers are known to congregate together for a couple of days, whiteboard concepts, drink lots of Mountain Dew, stay up late, stare at screens, and code new inventions. Wikipedia defines these as events where “computer programmers and others…
The week of Feb. 11–16, thousands of developers descended on San Francisco for the annual DeveloperWeek conference and festival. The event was kicked off over the weekend with a hackathon sponsored by many industry leaders and innovators. Unlike previous years, there were multiple challenges put forth by each sponsor and…