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Overview of Platform Engineering

18 Feb, 2025

Platform engineering is a key topic in software development these days. According to Gartner , “by 2026, 80 percent of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering teams as internal providers of reusable services, components and tools for application delivery.” Additionally, Gartner predicts that “platform engineering will ultimately solve the central problem of cooperation between software developers and...

What is a System Administrator?

13 Feb, 2025

In this new skills series, we’ll be highlighting skills and responsibilities required for an array of open source job titles. If you’re new to open source or just getting started in your IT career, these articles will offer insight and information about the many job roles that are available – from straight-up development or operations roles to marketing and project management. In this article, we’ll look at the role of a system...

What is a Data Engineer?

29 Jan, 2025

Given the massive amount of data collected, managed, and consumed these days, data science roles are increasingly important. As Coursera explains , organizations need the right people and technology to ensure that data is in a highly usable state. In this article, we’ll provide an overview of the skills and responsibilities related to data engineering along with many resources to help you get started. The Raw and the Cooked “Data...

How Open Source Professionals Advance Their Careers

10 Dec, 2024

Eighty-one percent of open source developers think that open source development leads to code that has better quality and security, according to the 2024 Open Source Developer Report from the Linux Foundation. This year’s report focused on “the specific needs and strategies that open source developers employ to advance their careers,” but it also asked developers about the overall value of open source software (OSS). Those findings...

IT Pros Value Work-Life Balance and Remote Work Opportunities Over Other Benefits

18 Jul, 2024

The number of people working remotely rose sharply during the global pandemic, and, since then, the opportunity for remote work has remained important to tech professionals and others. In fact, work-life balance and remote work topped the list of priorities for open source pros considering a new role, according to the recent 2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Report from Open Source JobHub (OSJH) and Linux Professional Institute...

Open Source Policy a Key Consideration for Job Seekers

29 May, 2024

With the remarkable growth and adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) in recent years, many organizations have had to adjust their approach to open source software and establish guidelines around its use and development. And, according to the recent 2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Report from Open Source JobHub (OSJH) and Linux Professional Institute (LPI), guidelines around the use of open source software are...

Training and Certification Help Solve Hiring Challenges

14 May, 2024

As organizations increasingly adopt open source software, open source skills are critical, but finding experienced professionals can be challenging , thus it’s important to understand the perspective of those working with free and open source software (FOSS). The Importance of Upskilling According to the recent 2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Report from Open Source JobHub (OSJH) and Linux Professional Institute (LPI), those...

Open Source Internships to Grow Your Career

13 Apr, 2023

April is internship month, and if you’re looking for a practical way to build your open source career skills, internships provide unique opportunities to get started. In a previous article , we looked at various summer of code-style programs that provide opportunities to learn and engage with open source projects and communities, including: GirlScript: Summer of Code Google Summer of Code Google Season of Docs Outreachy...

Open Source Participation: Summer of Code Style

29 Mar, 2023

If you're looking for an open source internship, there’s still time to apply for Google Summer of Code 2023. The application period is open until April 4th (18:00 UTC). Google Summer of Code (or GSoC), in case you’re not familiar with it, is “a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development.” Through participation in the GSoC, contributors work on a particular programming project under...

How to Hire an Engineering Manager

27 Feb, 2023

The role of engineering management requires a range of skills that go beyond coding and systems design, says Joe Fay in a recent LeadDev article, but "finding the right person for the job is anything but straightforward." “An engineering manager’s responsibilities will include people, projects, and budgets… and the role clearly assumes a broad range of technical and operational knowledge,” Fay notes. “The engineering manager has to...

Organizations Still Need Open Source Talent

01 Feb, 2023

As the use of open source increases, organizations say a lack of skilled staff poses a significant problem. The 2023 State of Open Source Report shows that “four out of five companies surveyed rely on open source software (OSS) for a wide range of uses, including containers and container orchestration, DevOps, and database management,” according to a recent article on FOSSlife. Additionally, 80 percent of organizations have increased...

Skills Growth Is Key for IT Job Seekers

11 Jan, 2023

For many IT professionals, career development and improving job skills were a high priority in 2022. This trend was reflected in articles and surveys throughout the year, and there’s no sign it will change in 2023, says a recent article on FOSSlife . Growth Opportunities Employees want to “know how their careers are going to grow,” says Jess Elmquist in the article. “They want to learn and expand their skills. People no longer want...

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