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  July 2019 Skills Watch update

  Wednesday, July 31, 2019

  Looking to see if the skills you possess are the ones most in demand? Are there areas within your overall skill set that need to be addressed to increase your marketability? We have combined the categories within our skills profiles to showcase what the ultimate DevOps engineer would look like based on corporate demand. Not only can you see the skill in each category that is currently at the top of the mountain, but also the ones realizing the greatest percentage growth. Essentially, one can view the incumbent and the challengers on its heels. Therefore, the notion of the ultimate DevOps engineer is fluid, and a certain skill can change on a quarter by quarter basis.

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  Increased demand for Microservices: Here to Serve In A Micro Fashion

  Sunday, July 28, 2019

  It goes without saying that in order to construct something it has to be broken down into numerous segments. Essentially, it isn't a puzzle if there are not an inordinate amount of pieces. One can construct it in numerous ways depending on how it is cut. Therefore, it makes sense that in a Microservice architecture environment, it provides the developer(s) multiple ways to piece the application together. And, they are able to do it independently from one another. The key is to construct your segment to the best of your ability. Ultimately, if a piece does not fit, you find the logical spot for it as opposed to forcing it into position.

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  Rise and Fall and Rise of Scala

  Wednesday, August 15, 2018

  Once thought to be the next big thing, Scala has had a tumultuous past. Back in 2011, the Scala team won a five year grant by the European Research Council. At that point, it surely seemed possible that this was the next dominant programming language. However, five years later, some companies were halting their use of the language all together. Today, from the data we collect, it appears that it is having a resurgence.

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  What To Do When Stuck In The Cloud

  Wednesday, July 18, 2018

  The cloud is well beyond early adoption phase, signified by even mom and pop shops utilizing the benefits of cloud infrastructure.

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  DevOps: Is It More Than Just A Name?

  Wednesday, July 18, 2018

  The title of DevOps Engineer has consistently been gaining momentum for over five years. From the outside, it appeared it might be a corporate preference to call an individual a DevOps engineer as opposed to a System Administrator.