We recently had the opportunity to meet with Tim Messerschmidt in Berlin, who works in Developer Relations at Google. Tim oversees DACH, UK, and Russia as Lead on Google’s Developer Relations team. He also runs the Operations team that supports … Read more
Soft Skills
Tips For Every Full-Stack Developer In 2020
A full-stack developer has to work on almost every part of development stack. Development of what? Usually it's about web applications, but for someone else it can also about mobile or desktop application stacks. So, we may say that a full-stack … Read more
6 Ways COVID-19 Impacts the Future of Cloud IT Infrastructure
Global epidemics have been predicted time and time again in the past, but few really paid attention to what specialists were saying. Until now, with COVID-19. As COVID-19 pushes businesses to their limit, the tech industry is looking for ways of … Read more
Should Developers Care About Business Decisions?
Businesses around the globe are investing in digitization. While the demand for business applications is outstripping supply by a factor of five, CIOs and IT leaders are competing for talent to get this elusive full-stack developer (whoever he … Read more
Even if you are a Developer, call them essential, not soft skills!
Google "in-demand skills", and you'll see a plethora of lists of desirable knowledge and behaviours. These are typically a split between hard and soft skills. The underlying concept that separates the two is that hard skills involve intelligence and … Read more
What Skills Should A CTO Still Practice and Hone?
Remain focused on your career pathIf you want to be prepared to make the right decisions at the right time for your career path it's vital that you comprehend your wants and needs as well as all the options in front of you. Make sure you subscribe to … Read more
What can be done about developer burnout?
It's common to hit a particular wall at least once in your career. It's called burnout, a special kind of work-related stress characterised by a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss … Read more
Why Remote Work Is the New Normal for Devs
If you're reading this and not wearing in pants, it's entirely likely you're working from home. Well, we hope for the sake of your team that you're not sitting in the office. Whether you work from home one day a week and the rest in an office or are … Read more
Be More Creative and Face More Challenges To Become a Better Game Designer
At Codemotion we're privileged to speak to game designers from all over the world, offering personal insights into the creative process, developing, desiging, and failure. Here's just a few examples of what they've had to say: Game Creativity is Not … Read more
Developers Tell Codemotion How They Improved Their Work (and Life)
By now, you've probably failed at least some of your new year's resolutions to get more sleep, eat better, or exercise more. But what there was a way you could set resolutions to also benefit your career? At Codemotion we've enjoyed some fantastic … Read more
How to Solve 5 Common Career Challenges for Developers
It's February, and most of you have probably enjoyed a break from work over the festive season. Less time coding and more time gaming or film watching. All that time with colleagues is replaced with family, friends and pets rather than coworkers. Did … Read more
Are you a Team Manager or a Servant?
Team management and leadership are hot topics in project management. Dr Alfredo Morresi spoke at Codemotion Rome 2019 about the differences between management and leadership, the servant style of leadership and the challenges to the role of the team … Read more
Sacrificing Code Quality to hit Deadlines and Other Developer Team Dilemmas
Developers are under a lot of pressure to produce quality software and to do it quickly. But new research from Diffblue conducted by Vanson Bourne positions these as competing demands. 300 participants were surveyed who work in software development, … Read more
This week’s top tech news stories
Happy Friday! Welcome to our roundup of the biggest tech stories in the news this week.We're going to find aliens, say scientistsThe search for extraterrestrial lifeforms has ramped up as space agencies launched ambitious programmes to answer … Read more
An ode to the Commodore 64 – Chiara Russo
This is my Commodore 64 and it's because of this that my passion for IT was born. With this I wrote my first lines of code. Who of you started in the same way, with a Commodore 64? Many, I'm sure! The Commodore 64 was the protagonist of an era, … Read more
Jobs in artificial intelligence and robotics top LinkedIn list for 2020
Artificial intelligence specialist and robotics engineer are the fastest-growing jobs in the US, according to LinkedIn.The annual Emerging Jobs Report highlights the skills associated with these roles and the cities and industries in which … Read more
Dear recruiter: How can I get a job in tech with a disability?
Business consultant and disability advocate Neil Barnfather MBE tells us about what it's like having a disability in today's job market. Looking for a job is not always an easy task. Couple this endeavour with both practical and societal barriers and … Read more