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The Perfect Recipe for STARWEST Much like a great recipe, the STARWEST conferences have added a dash of this and a pinch of that over the years so our attendees have the best learning experience we can provide. Let’s take a look at who the chefs are and what they do to cook up a successful conference like STARWEST. |
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Industry Leaders as Teachers in Higher Education Institutes of higher learning are bringing in leaders from certain industries as visiting professors or guest lecturers. This helps provide unique, on-the-job perspectives to the curriculum. One recent example is Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, who will be a valuable addition to Stanford's MBA program. |
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Growing into Leadership in Software Testing When considering leadership in testing, before leading others, try leading yourself. Don’t do typical “leader” stuff. Instead, look at what you do as a professional. How polished are your technical skills? How about your communication and interpersonal skills? What do you do to make yourself better? |
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Don’t Misuse These Words If You Want to Sound Intelligent Warning: If you routinely misuse words such as "accept" and "except," "affect" and "effect," or even "their," "there," and "they're," people you want to impress may start to see you as careless, if not uneducated or ignorant. If you hope to advance your career, you’d be wise to review this article. |
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Should Non-IT Professionals Learn to Code? Globally, there has been a lot of push in the last year to generate more coding awareness among non-IT professionals. However, even for those who agree that coding is important, there are differing opinions about who should learn it. What is vital is understanding the end goal of learning to code. |
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Using Experiential Activities to Teach Software Development Concepts Experiential learning, or using activities such as simulations, helps people glean lessons on their own rather than having that knowledge presented to them. Activities need not be lengthy to be effective. In fact, simple exercises can help a team understand the complexities of software development. |
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Coding for Children Should Add, Not Subtract, Knowledge There has been a strong push to make teaching students how to program part of the academic requirements in public schools, with a legislative push to have coding replace foreign language requirements and cursive. However, maybe we should focus on adding knowledge—not taking it away. |
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Why Hiring from the Top Schools May Not Always Be the Best Strategy Laszlo Bock, Google's senior vice president of people operations, revealed that at Google the percentage of people without any college education has increased over time. This opens an interesting debate about whether hiring from the top schools is really valuable for technology companies. |
