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How to Identify Disengaged Employees—and Increase ProductivityProductivity can be difficult to increase but is usually easy to decrease. Undermotivated or unhappy employees spread discontent and use idle time to sidetrack their teammates. Identifying disengaged employees and removing them as a distraction will make everyone on the team more productive. | 
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Help Linux Newbies—Join the 100 Linux Tutorials Video CampaignAs Linux adoption grows, so does the need for developers. The Linux Foundation is asking for your help to build a collective Linux knowledge base of videos so that developers and IT managers new to Linux have the basic information they need to start contributing and benefiting sooner. | 
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How Agile Prevents Software Decay All of us have been in the situation where fixing a single issue can produce several other defects. Agile embraces continuous design changes and code refactoring to meet challenges from emerging requirements. This inherently promotes practices that prevent software decay. |
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Are You Ready for Wearable Computing?Wearable computing isn’t a new concept, but as we watch newer wearable products enter the market, it's interesting to see what this means to testers. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the core factors in the success of a wearable computing product and how they affect testers and their testing efforts. | 
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Should You Work for a Corporation, a Tech Startup—or Freelance?Some are arguing that today's tech industry job market is experiencing such a boom that it's becoming increasingly difficult for job candidates to decide where they should even apply. We take a look at the pros and cons of working for companies of all sizes—and even working for yourself. | 
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JavaScript's Popularity in Mobile Development Continues to RiseContinuing its language domination in the mobile app development world, JavaScript can now be used to update native iOS and Android apps thanks to a new hybrid model on the market. JavaScript remains a top programming language, and it doesn't look like the trend will change any time soon. | 
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Software Development Education Needs—Where Are the Testers?Software development is one of the fastest growing job functions. Unfortunately, schools and their students are failing to keep up with demand. One job role that is almost completely missing from college and technical educations is software testing. What's that all about? | 
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The Power of Story Telling for Software TestersStory telling in software testing is one of the more important aspects of the craft. As testers, test leads, and test managers, you do it all the time. The trick is to make the story a powerful one. | 
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