As one of the few employment areas to enjoy near constant growth over the past decade, software development faced new challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both for those working in the field and for those hiring them. But during the pandemic, developers became even more important, as we all came to rely even more on software in our daily lives. As a result, many developers have been working more hours than normal and have had to quickly adapt to working from home and contending with their home broadband connection.

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People in tech tend to self-select into different functions: Engineers architect and write code, while folks on the business side do marketing and sales. In open source, however, there’s a confluence of business and engineering, argues Envoy creator Matt Klein in an interview. Indeed, Klein suggests, “Starting an open source project isn’t really any different from starting a company.”

Didn’t have time or inclination to get your Harvard MBA? No matter. Just start an open source project instead.

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The open source MBA

While this might not seem intuitive, anyone who has been involved in open source will likely appreciate Klein’s point. We might not look at an open source project through the lens of business, but the two involve very similar skill sets, as Klein suggests:

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Computing and information technology should be egalitarian. Sadly, the real world doesn’t always operate on the principle of equal opportunity. Aspiring developers often face social barriers because of their ethnicity or economic circumstances. Some of our best and brightest would-be programmers may be stuck on the wrong side of a wall of unequal privilege.

The good news: A number of nonprofits and volunteer organizations are working day in and day out to dismantle those walls, a brick at a time, and give people the tools they need to scale over. Here are four such organizations looking to create equal access to computer science and programming education, all in need of volunteers, donations, wider awareness, or all of the above.

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In theory, computing is egalitarian. Anyone with the right understanding of how it all works can code, whether you’re a woman from Detroit or a man from Laredo.

In practice, it doesn’t always work that way. Computing and IT exist in the real world, and the real world is not known for being fair. Not everyone has access to learning resources, to good Internet connections, or to halfway decent computing hardware. And for many people, what’s missing most is mentorship—having someone experienced you can turn to to help you find your way.

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Women continue to face challenges in the tech industry, especially women of color and LGBTQ+ women. But over the last several years, a slew of organizations have stepped up to give women from all walks of life better access to resources for technical education, job placement, and networking opportunities.

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Thanks to repeated scandals , the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and Netflix’s documentary “ The Social Dilemma ,” the public has become more aware of some of the ethical issues around AI, technology, and the use of data. There is a growing movement of developers, designers, and technologists who have become socially active and now encourage companies to rethink their business practices. In short, these people want companies to be more ethical.

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jonas Downey , a designer at Basecamp and co-creator of HelloWeather . Basecamp has a new email service called “ Hey .” Unlike services such as Google’s Gmail, it focuses on privacy and includes ethical design concepts.

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As one of the biggest growth areas of the past decade, software development skills remain in high demand, even in today’s economy. But some skills are more desirable than others.

Choosing the right ones to concentrate on is particularly important as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global job market. In the UK alone, the number of advertised software developer and software engineering roles were both down 33% in July compared to the previous year, according to job board CV-Library .

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So which developer skills are the most valuable in today’s market? We’ve pored through the data to find the most bankable developer skills for the coming years—and how best to set yourself up for success in a fraught job market.

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Let’s get real. Some of you got into software because your parents made you (if you grew up outside of the U.S.) or because you figured you could make a lot of money this way. You didn’t start young because you were into computers, and you don’t really like software development. You’re always going to be mediocre. You’ll make money because our industry doesn’t know how to evaluate skill, talent, or achievement — but this article isn’t really for you.

If you got punished for taking apart electronics to see how they work... If you snuck online at all hours of the night to learn how to make a video game... If you spent precious free time learning when no one was making you and you weren’t actively pursuing a career... If you then found yourself in software as a career (probably because you found out that game development is the worst part of the industry), then this article is for you.

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