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83% of Developers Suffer From Burnout, Study Finds
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83% of Developers Suffer From Burnout, Study Finds

Eighty-three percent of software developers suffer from workplace burnout, according to a study from Haystack Analytics.

How to Assemble a Diverse, High-Performing Team
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How to Assemble a Diverse, High-Performing Team

Managers at businesses that have made a public commitment to diversity face a paradox: varied perspectives can add value, and cause friction.

Apple Expands Outside of Silicon Valley As It Struggles to Recruit, Retain Talent
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Apple Expands Outside of Silicon Valley As It Struggles to Recruit, Retain Talent

Apple Inc. is ramping up efforts to decentralize out of Silicon Valley, recognizing that hiring and retaining talent will be one of the biggest challenges to its...

Four-Day Work Week 'An Overwhelming Success' In Iceland
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Four-Day Work Week 'An Overwhelming Success' In Iceland

Trials of a four-day work week in Iceland found that productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces, and led to many workers moving to...

Old Programming Languages Still Critical, But Nobody Wants to Learn Them
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Old Programming Languages Still Critical, But Nobody Wants to Learn Them

Large organizations that rely on aging IT systems and programming languages face an urgent skills shortage as older developers retire — and take their expertise...

University Abandons Impact Factor in Hiring and Promotion Decisions
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University Abandons Impact Factor in Hiring and Promotion Decisions

Utrecht University is formally abandoning the impact factor — a standard measure of scientific success — in all hiring and promotion decisions.

NASA Is Using Data Science to Fill Its Data Science Skills Gap
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NASA Is Using Data Science to Fill Its Data Science Skills Gap

NASA is creating a workforce talent-mapping database to identify the data skills that exist and are required for all kinds of projects within the space agency. ...

Developers Are Exhausted; Managers Are Worried They'll Quit
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Developers Are Exhausted; Managers Are Worried They'll Quit

Businesses are worried about the well-being of their software development teams in the face of skills shortages, growing demand for smart technologies, and ongoing...

Algorithms Are the Boss for Many at Amazon
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Algorithms Are the Boss for Many at Amazon

At Amazon, machines are often the boss—hiring, rating, and firing millions of people with little or no human oversight.

Defining a Culture of Excellence in Research
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Defining a Culture of Excellence in Research

Principal investigators and other leaders play a key role in encouraging group dynamics that make people feel respected and included — or not.

International Students Ride America's STEM Job Boom
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International Students Ride America's STEM Job Boom

Over half of international students in the U.S. are studying or working in STEM, with computer technology as the number one major, according to the Institute of...

NIST Wants to Measure Trust in AI
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NIST Wants to Measure Trust in AI

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology wants to quantify user trust in artificial intelligence.

Obtain a Ph.D. and a Career in Data
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Obtain a Ph.D. and a Career in Data

Innovative new approaches to learning are enabling people to gain skills that are vital in today's workplace.

Alibaba Cloud Spends $1 Billion on Skills Development, Filipino Data Center
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Alibaba Cloud Spends $1 Billion on Skills Development, Filipino Data Center

Alibaba Cloud plans to secure $1 billion over three years to develop digital skills in Southeast Asia, including training for 100,000 developers and support for...

Commercial Video Games Could Help Treat Mental Illness, Research Shows
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Commercial Video Games Could Help Treat Mental Illness, Research Shows

Popular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective, and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, according to researchers...

Fewer Than Half of U.S. High Schools Teach Computer Science
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Fewer Than Half of U.S. High Schools Teach Computer Science

Tech leaders and entrepreneurs are advocating for immigration reform and pleading for more education in American high schools in computer science, a subject fewer...

Telecom Engineer Writes Novels About Abuses of Science and Technology
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Telecom Engineer Writes Novels About Abuses of Science and Technology

Thomas J J Starr applied his insight as a telecommunications engineer to "Retrograde," a novel that explores the Internet's vulnerabilities and the disastrous impacts...

On-Job Learning, Listening to Employees Makes Teams More Resilient
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On-Job Learning, Listening to Employees Makes Teams More Resilient

Managers who encourage employees to learn on the job and speak up with ideas and suggestions have teams that are more effective and resilient in the face of unexpected...

Chinese Companies Use 'Third Eye' Software to Monitor Tech Workers
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Chinese Companies Use 'Third Eye' Software to Monitor Tech Workers

Chinese tech companies are using "Third Eye" surveillance software to monitor workers' web usage and idle time, and track when a worker is viewing videos or looking...

U.S. Ranks 29th Globally in Digital Skills, Report Finds
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U.S. Ranks 29th Globally in Digital Skills, Report Finds

Despite the rapid rate of digital transformation, U.S. digital skills proficiency trails that of many countries in Europe and Asia, according to Coursera's Global...
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