How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job InterviewBehavior interviewing is a trendy technique interviewers use to learn about your past behavior in situations that are relevant to the job you’re applying for. But relating how you acted in a personal situation can be problematic for introverted candidates. Naomi Karten offers some tips on preparing.
Book Review: Discover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and AnalysisDiscover to Deliver—Agile Product Planning and Analysis, Ellen Gottesdiener's and Mary Gorman's book, is for software teams that are good at creating software but struggle to create the right value. The authors show techniques to help you adapt to the specific delivery method you're using.
Smartphone Apps Help Monitor Your Pet’s Health and HabitsGood news for tech-savvy animal lovers: Some smartphone apps can make it easier for you to keep your furry, four-legged friend healthy and safe. These apps can monitor your dog's or cat’s activity, tell you exactly where they are if they get lost, even feed them remotely—good for you and for them.
Why American Tech Giants Are First in Line for Immigration ReformThose arguing for a loosening of immigration restrictions on foreign-born individuals just got a huge boost from Microsoft, Intel, and other tech industry giants. Why the sudden interest? Because there are jobs to be filled—lots of them, and American job seekers simply aren't making the grade.
What Makes for a Healthy Software Team?Steve Berczuk explains that there is more to maintaining the health of a software team than providing the right technologies and processes. You need to attend to the factors that can transform a group of people into a real team.
How Embracing Feedback Helps You Avoid the VacuumWhatever negative experiences you've had with receiving, or even providing feedback in the past—put them behind you. Feedback is crucial to personal and professional development—as long as the mentor and mentee know their roles and responsibilities in the process.
Agile Is Not for Everyone (and That's OK)Agile is not just a lifecycle, but also a huge cultural shift for the entire organization. In this article, Johanna Rothman details some of the issues that prevent teams from transitioning to agile and discusses what a team's options are if it decides agile is not the way to go.
Can Your Agile Team Be Trusted?Without taking away from the importance of trust between team members, maybe it's time agile developers look outside the team and make sure clients find them to be as trustworthy as they find themselves. There will always be skeptics, but building trust will eliminate many of them.
