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Engineering refers to the application of systematic and scientific principles to design, develop, implement, and maintain software and technology solutions.

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Does someone have advice on how they have balanced the risk/reward as it relates to introducing Open-Source Software to organization? My org is dipping its toe into the OSS world and the architecture and risk governance teams are looking to get ahead of these requests by coming up with policies and standards for OSS technology being brought into our environment. To clarify, this is not for software development and CI/CD pipelines, SDLC etc. This is for installing solutions that already exist out there (Zabbix, GreyLog, Prometheus etc.) into the organization's environment. We are looking to provide a balance on the obvious risk with the ability to move fast (like everyone else now).

What can software leaders do to fully empower their staff to make their own decisions? What barriers can you remove to help them be more independent?

How is your org thinking about prompt engineering as a skill? Is this a must-have when building products with integrated AI capabilities?

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Which RDBMS do you feel best suits the needs of today's climate of rapid change and iteration?

SQLite8%

CouchDB16%

PostgreSQL27%

MongoDB28%

SQLServer18%

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Do you think the software team needs a communication plan ahead of a big modernization project? Have you ever provided your team with something like guidelines or talking points to help them discuss the project within the wider org?   

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Have any network engineers implemented AI into their enterprise network, especially in managing traffic and frames in the Layer 2, minimizing data loss and looping in the network?

Where do you get your news about new software development tech or trends? Any source you’d recommend?

Any best practices your team follows when using AI solutions at work? Thinking of security tips, AI-generated content review, training, etc.

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How do you establish yourself as a potential mentor for your direct reports and junior staff when you’re new in a leadership role?

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Do you know what monorepo is? have you used it?

Yes, I am using it24%

Yes, but I am not using it38%

No, never ear about it36%

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How's the usage of engineering ladder in your teams?

We have it and people are engaged25%

We have it but people don't engage42%

We don't have it but are considering it18%

We don't have it and are not considering it13%

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How do you avoid confusion when developing for a multicloud environment? Are there any tips you can share for keeping things relatively simple?

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For on premise environment, does your company run Kubernetes worker nodes on VM or BM(bare metal), and why?

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Is your development team currently experimenting with any MCP servers? Which ones have been most useful?

Roughly how much prep work do you put in when you’re interviewing for a leadership role at a new company?

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Do you personally see a good use case for small language models and on-device AI? How do you (or how would you) use these?