Review: IBM's 'Code and Response' Docu film

It's always refreshing to see the good work that coders are doing to make the world a better place. Thank you @ibm for making this documentary!


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https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2019/11/18/ibms-code-and-response-documentary-proves-developers-can-be-superheroes-too/

Review: JetBrains Developer Ecosystem 2019

I'm still amazed that Java is the most popular language used on the job. I wonder if it's because so many companies have adopted it since the 90's and don't want to try any other languages. Or, if it's because Java is still outperforming other languages. Or, is it because of SpringIO?

Something that surprised me about this survey is that machine learning is more developed as a hobby or in one's free time. Why aren't companies investing in machine learning and contributing back to open source? Especially with all the big data talk?

Anyhow, thank you JetBrains because these surveys are good to know:
https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/

Review: Great Developers are Raised

"By building mentoring capacity at work, you can hire newcomers, broken toys, impostors and turn them into the loyal, high-quality workforce." - Eduards Sizovs

I wish this was only a tech workforce issue, but it's an issue for every industry unfortunately. And, it goes back to how the education and workforce was built long before the computer revolution.

Anyhow, this Latvian author does an excellent job on summarizing so many thoughts of developers in the tech industry worldwide especially those who reject the tech culture of living at work and programming their life away.

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https://sizovs.net/2019/04/10/the-best-developers-are-raised-not-hired/