{"id":7215,"date":"2013-11-22T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T19:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7215"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:57:40","slug":"weekly-recap-8-developer-shortcuts-that-will-cost-you-the-it-talent-shortage-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/weekly-recap-8-developer-shortcuts-that-will-cost-you-the-it-talent-shortage-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: 8 developer shortcuts that will cost you, the IT talent shortage, and more…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Education\"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the growing skills gap, development mistakes, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n

Tech leaders warn IT talent shortage could curb hiring plans<\/span>
\nAs technology advances at an ever-increasing pace, we\u2019re seeing the skills gap<\/span><\/a> widen. Companies are having trouble finding IT professionals with modern skills. The bad news: This isn\u2019t getting any better.
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\n8 developer shortcuts that will cost you big<\/span>
\nSome companies try to take shortcuts in their application development. Most of these shortcuts come back to bite them in the end. However, the opposite is also true: I\u2019ve seen others turn application development projects into unnecessarily difficult tasks. In one of the most common mistakes, some try to build everything from scratch, when a framework or development platform could cut their development time in half<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Organizations need greater value from data in 2014<\/span><\/a>
\nAn overwhelming majority of U.S. senior finance executives say their organizations will need to extract much greater value from financial and operating data in 2014. And yet, they continue to report cautious investment plans in IT–the precise area they must invest in to receive value from their data.<\/p>\n

The rise of mobile BI: Intelligence goes on the road<\/span><\/a>
\nThe bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend has changed the way in which companies look at basic business practices. One such area: Business Intelligence. Research suggests that mobile BI is gaining ground among businesses of all sizes as a way to leverage data not only whenever necessary but also wherever possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on the growing skills gap, development mistakes, and more. I hope you find them useful: Tech leaders warn IT talent shortage could curb hiring plans As technology advances at an ever-increasing pace, …<\/p>\n

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