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Do you have scheduled fixed day(s) of a month for downtime to patch each critical system?

Engineering Security & GRC

Yes, 1 day of the month

Yes, 2 days of the month

Others (please specify)

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How soon after someone leaves your organization is their user account deprovisioned?

Cloud Applications & Platforms Security & GRC+15 more

Immediately

Within a day

Within a week

More than a week

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If you use Amazon Web Services (AWS) at your organization, what type of compute service do you use?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Cloud+14 more

EC2

EKS

ECS

Fargate

Lamda

Other

We don't use AWS

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How many days in advance do you plan if you need to renew, change, or terminate a SaaS app?

Cloud Applications & Platforms Engineering+3 more

Just before the renewal

A few days in advance

A few weeks in advance

A few months in advance

A few years or more in advance

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On average, how much longer do employees with technical upskilling opportunities stay at your company?

People & Leadership Engineering

0-3 months

4-6 months

7-9 months

10-12 months

13 months or more

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Has your company made you feel comfortable about the prospect of returning to the office?

Security & GRC Threat & Vulnerability Management Identity & Access Management (IAM)+8 more

Yes - My company has been clear with the back to office plan

No - Messaging around return to the office has been confusing and disjointed

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Does anyone on your team(s) have a DevSecOps certification?

Secure Code & Automation (DevSecOps)Security Strategy & Roadmap Training & Certification

Yes, multiple people

Yes, one person

Not sure

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If your org has invested in licenses for an AI code assistant, what percentage of your software developers actually make use of the purchased tool?

Engineering AI & Machine Learning Generative AI

None

1% - 20%

21% - 40%

41% - 60%

61% - 80%

81% - 100%

I’m not sure

N/A — we haven’t purchased licenses for an AI code assistant

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In my company we have an ongoing debate about how similar or different software engineering and data engineering is. We have chapters/COEs devoted to both areas across the lines of businesses within our company. We are trying to standardize performance expectations and performance metrics where possible. What do you think? Are software and data engineering...

A. Identical from an engineering perspective with more or less the same set of competencies?

B. Overlapping with many (up to 80%) common competencies such as code management, reliability engineering, merge and branch strategy, etc.?

C. Completely unique with very few common competencies?

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Over the course of your software career, have you ever been hired into a leadership position specifically to oversee a major initiative (like a large-scale application migration, for example)? If so, did you stay on staff after that was complete?

Engineering Talent Sourcing & Hiring Personal Development

Yes, and I stayed on staff

Yes, but I left after the project was complete

No, I’ve never experienced this

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What indicators would suggest to you that an architecture is too complex and not resilient enough to bounce back from a failure?

Resilience Availability Application Architecture+2 more

Rich KeelerVP of Software Engineering21 days ago

It's difficult to track the system's performance, identify issues, or diagnose failures.

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Why do engineering leaders often lack accurate data on coverage from actual product usage when evaluating quality, and instead rely solely on counting the number of test cases?

People & Leadership Applications & Platforms Engineering

Rich KeelerVP of Software Engineering20 days ago

Because it's hard! ;) Understanding actual product usage often involves a variety of feedback loops including production telemetry, business metric tracking, qualitative and quantitative customer feedback, etc. When engineering ...read more

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What books, podcasts or other resources would you recommend for stress management tips, especially for those working in software?

Engineering Personal Development

Rich KeelerVP of Software Engineering23 days ago

The Phoenix Project indirectly addresses this topic. This book shares the story of a new leader brought in to save a big project. Early in the book, he’s missing his kids’ sporting events and coming home late, but as he implements ...read more