GitHub Star Shares Tips on Developer Advocacy, Coding Without a Degree, and...
For February’s Ask Engineers Anything event (aka office hours for our engineer community), I invited GitHub Star and community favorite, Debbie O’Brien, to share her experience as a woman in tech who...
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Why Simple Programming Should Always Be Your Goal (and 6 Complexity Pitfalls...
If my experience in software engineering has taught me one thing, it’s that simplicity is king. As a developer for 20+ years — from senior software engineer at Stack Overflow to my current role as...
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3 Hiring and Workplace Trends Impacting Engineering Teams in 2021
Organizations hiring engineering talent in 2021 have to navigate a new working environment at odds with their prior experience. Today’s engineers are looking for employers offering full technological...
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2 Engineering Leaders Weigh in on Your Best Global Talent Tactics
We know this — hiring engineering talent in San Francisco and New York is expensive and too competitive. And hiring remote domestic workers increases opportunity (e.g. having HQ in NYC, but having...
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How and When to Use Call, Apply, Bind, and the (Mysterious) ‘this’ in JavaScript
Every Javascript programmer goes through the same confusing thought process. What is the difference between call, apply, and bind? And why is the this keyword used differently in JavaScript than other...
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Hiring, Outsourcing, or Both? How to Efficiently Scale Your Engineering Team
How should a CTO go about building a successful software development team? It’s an age-old question. Do you only stick to hiring full-time engineers to avoid potential risks? Do you have aggressive...
View ArticleMeasuring Impact: A Fireside Chat on Engineering ROI with Github, Stripe,...
There’s no question that measuring software development ROI is… controversial. But as engineering leaders, you still need to prove the value of your team’s work. But how? Do you measure based on...
View ArticleAndela Announces Global Talent Expansion
With Deep Roots in Africa, Andela Begins Global Expansion, Including a Major Growth of Engineering Talent in Latin and South America NEW YORK, April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Andela, the global...
View ArticleAndela Announces Launch of Salesforce Practice
Andela Hires Veteran Salesforce Solutions Expert Rich Scuteri to Lead Practice NEW YORK, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Andela, the global talent network that helps companies build remote...
View ArticleAndela and Google Team Up to Develop 40,000 Learners in Africa
According to a recent study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), some 230 million jobs across the African continent will require some level of digital skills by 2030. Here at the Andela...
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Grapes, Cheese, and Experts: An Exclusive Virtual Wine Tasting
On June 16th, experience the perfect pairing of wine, cheese, and roundtable insights. Join us for an exclusive virtual wine-tasting event as we learn about the tasting notes of Napa Valley wines,...
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Cheers to Engineers: A VIP Virtual Wine Tasting
On June 23rd, experience the perfect pairing of wine, cheese, and roundtable insights. Join us for an exclusive virtual wine-tasting event as we learn about the tasting notes of Napa Valley wines,...
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Virtual Leadership Lunch & Learn: What Makes or Breaks a Great Software...
With demand for engineers growing and supply dwindling, how do you ensure you have the right process to effectively assess your talent, without missing crucial steps, slowing down the process, or...
View ArticleGoogle Africa Developer Scholarship 2021
Take your skills to the next levelGrow with Google and Pluralsight have partnered for the third consecutive year to provide a program to support software developers across Africa in three different...
View Article5 Ways to Combat Communication Problems in Remote Software Development
As a Technical Delivery Manager at Andela, I’ve managed hundreds of engineers across a wide variety of client engagements. In this blog post, I’ll address some of the common communication problems...
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How GitHub Optimizes a Globally Distributed Engineering Team with Andela
GitHub is a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It lets software developers work together on projects from anywhere. GitHub provides one of the most widely used tool sets for...
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The Engineering Leader’s Guide to Measuring Software Development ROI
Measuring the ROI of your engineering department is the only way to prove your impact and make confident product and headcount decisions. The only problem? Measuring engineering ROI is… complicated....
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Software Developer Survey: The Importance of Team Culture and Giving Back
Major companies have had it wrong for years – top engineers aren’t drawn to campus life and office perks. The pandemic this past year has proven what remote working evangelists have been preaching for...
View ArticleTED Talk: Relevance in the Age of Digital Access
What does “relevance” mean in the age of digital access? The world is changing and future jobs require that we take action to democratize access to digital skills. Possibly now more than ever, The...
View ArticleGopherCon Europe 2021 Recap: 3 Days of Fun and Valuable Insights
The second online edition and 4th overall edition of GopherCon Europe 2021 is now over. An annual conference dedicated to the Go programming language, GopherCon was packed with 3 days of fun and...
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