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The Convergence of Data & Software Engineering in the Age of AI

Tom Tunguz

They are central to product development & operations in technology companies. Their evolution into full-fledged engineering teams enables more seamless collaboration with software developers.

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How to prepare for software engineering interview questions

Intercom, Inc.

Preparing for interview questions in software engineering is almost a full-time job. If you are a graduate software engineer and getting ready for your first job interviews, here are the different areas you should focus on. General software engineering interview questions. Questions about your background.

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Managing Data as Product : Office Hours with Philip Zelitchenko

Tom Tunguz

Recently, Philip shared his management techniques to run a data team like a standard product software development function with some key nuances. I asked him to join us on Office Hours to share his perspective because we believe data and software engineering practices converge.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower SaaS

Rapid turnover, especially of senior or “A” developers. Developers aren’t aware of the progress of the current dev cycle, or even what’s in it. And the #1 symptom relates to that old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. Recovery is Extremely Hard Software development is challenging.

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Employee Spotlight: Lucas Salisbury, Software Engineer, and Innovative Chef

FastSpring

I am currently a Software Engineer at FastSpring. I work with my fellow developers on new features, fix any issues that come up on the platform, and I specifically work on the checkout experience for consumers around the world. Get to know the fantastic team behind the ecommerce platform! It always starts with coffee.

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When Will the Next Wave of UI Advances Happen?

Tom Tunguz

Kubernetes, containers, serverless, continuous deployment have transformed software building. These technologies fomented a movement that has changed software engineering: devops. Devops combines the responsibilities of software developers and infrastructure operations.

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Top 10 Trends for Data in 2024

Tom Tunguz

Data Teams are Becoming Software Teams : DevOps created a movement within software development that empowers developers to run the software they wrote. Most sophisticated data teams run like software engineering teams with product requirement documents, ticketing systems, & sprints.