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5 Steps to Get the (Right) Software Engineering Job on a Top Technical Team

Planio

So you want a software engineering job at Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google/Netflix? It’s every software engineer’s dream to work with one of the top technical teams in the world. So how do you get a software engineering job at one of these companies? Self-taught vs. school: Do top tech teams really care?

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How to List Projects on Your Resume: A No Stress Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. Luckily, this is relatively easy as most job descriptions will include a list of technical and soft skills and competencies they expect candidates to have. Try to come up with concrete data points. It can be hard to include data points.

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

Scrum.org

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. Please note that our paper is currently reviewed by academic peers. . What about Sprint Goals?

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. One of the reviewers of this article, Maarten Dalmijn , noted that he missed “product discovery” as a core activity in the work by Bass (2018). Data from our Scrum Team Survey may shed a light on this. The sample is based on data from 418 Scrum teams.

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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Daniel Russo of the University of Aalborg to answer this question with data from almost 2.000 Scrum teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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The Roles and Responsibilities Document on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In an IT project, for example, you could have system developers also taking on a testing role or peer reviewing their colleague's work in a quality role. I've even done data analysis, vendor management and other bits and pieces in the past. Some of them might have a role that reflects their job title; others might not.