Expertise
Talent
What it's like to be Australia's top tech talent
![Rick Giner, a senior developer in the IT industry.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/b/q/c/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkbb0k.png/1445218854175.jpg)
Hannah Francis They're highly mobile, highly sought after, and tend to "upskill" off their own bat. The ball is most definitely in their court.
Expertise
Mark Zuckerberg's one rule for hiring at Facebook
![One rule: Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/w/q/6/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13wpx9.png/1426386353971.jpg)
Josie Ensor 'It's a pretty good test and it has served me well,' Facebook founder tells audience at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
Expertise
Dollhouse to encourage more girls into engineering
![Alice Brooks, an engineering graduate of Stanford University,created the ultimate geek doll house Roominate to get more ...](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/u/4/v/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13tzxp.png/1425432645585.jpg)
Stathi Paxinos Mechanical engineer Alice Brooks has come up with a way to put learning about building and electronics into a context most six-year-old girls will appreciate.
Women in tech
Ellen Pao case puts Silicon Valley boys' club on trial
![Thousands of Reddit users are calling for CEO Ellen Pao to be removed following Victoria Taylor's dismissal.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/s/d/5/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13sd62.png/1436137950342.jpg)
Josie Ensor Reddit CEO is suing former employer, an influential venture capital firm, for US$16 million in back pay and future earnings.
Expertise
Brave, creative, over 60: age only a number when it comes to tech
![Ron Hunt scored a permanent gig in the US at 69.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/q/i/5/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13qh8v.png/1424998065139.jpg)
Sylvia Pennington Some mature ICT professionals are refusing to let age hold them back or stand in the way of their start-up dreams.
Australian start-up Monetise goes back to college
![Entrepreneur by night: Silverman's Monetise app lets consumers gauge returns from banking products.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/l/s/w/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13lsr3.png/1424661942531.jpg)
Matthew Hall The first item on most budding entrepreneurs' to-do lists is to find investors and funding. Gideon Silverman had another plan.
Expertise
How to ensure you're never over the hill for a job in tech
![Run up that hill and plunge into new ways of doing things.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/k/5/x/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13k31k.png/1424394322466.jpg)
Sylvia Pennington We have some suggestions to help technology workers who, after 45, find themselves on the descent.
Red Balloon descends on staff incentive schemes
![In the cloud: Red Balloon.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/f/u/w/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13fr8q.png/1424052522837.jpg)
Stuart Corner Australian gift website Red Balloon is expanding into the employee reward market.
Productivity
Multitasking does not work - and here's why
![Multitasking has serious drawbacks, eroding the quality of work over time.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/d/y/a/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13dxlr.png/1423964551439.jpg)
Guy Cranswick Relying on email and all the other available collaboration tools may be affecting the quality of your work.
Expertise
Ageism still alive and well in IT
![Older workers find it harder to find roles in the technology profession.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/5/p/7/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.139eyj.png/1425543773306.jpg)
Sylvia Penningon With the new year now well underway, prospects are not looking up for out-of-work older technology professionals hoping the jobs market will pick up steam.
Innovation
Australian hackathon season in full swing
![The ASX found there was strong interest from other US companies to list on the ASX, Chanticleer understands.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/3/v/q/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.133v3d.png/1442484180659.jpg)
Beverley Head Australia's hackathon season is in full swing with coders battling for a share of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Workforce
Apple supplier Foxconn seeks to slim workforce over time, eyes robots
![Jobseekers pass their resumes to representatives from Foxconn Technology Group at a job fair in Zhengzhou, Henan province.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/0/a/j/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.1309mb.png/1422425047077.jpg)
Michael Gold and Yimou Lee The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, wants to reduce its massive workforce with the help of automation.
Jobs
US scrambling to hire enough cyber security agents
![A Hollywood billboard for Sony Pictures’ <i>The Interview</i>. The film caused an unprecedented cyber conflict.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/g/a/v/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.12zd5l.png/1435793516007.jpg)
Matthew Hall With repercussions from the Sony hack continuing to echo around the world, the United States government has warned of a lack of hands-on talent to battle online crime.
Diversity
The face of Facebook on diversity
![Facebook's Head of Diversity: Maxine Williams.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/s/k/z/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.12t1ys.png/1421621063949.jpg)
Jessica Guynn Maxine Williams is very visible on the Facebook campus. And not just because she's one of the few black people working there.
Summer reading for the tech-minded - Part 2
![Tech books: A huge pile, or a full e-reader, take your pick of must-read titles.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/e/y/k/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.12ezd7.png/1419915916249.jpg)
Cynthia Karena In the second of a two-part series, we have suggestions on cyber underground, analytics and leadership.
Self-improvement
Summer reading for the tech-minded - Part 1
![A summer break provides a great opportunity to catch up with your must-reads.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/e/y/g/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.12euq1.png/1444813737434.jpg)
Cynthia Karena Sink your mind into a good book or three over the holidays to really gain a deeper insight into how technology now rules the world.
2014: The year of the CIO reshuffle
![Will the CIO musical chairs continue in 2015?](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/5/w/u/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.125wog.png/1418794250250.jpg)
Sylvia Pennington This year has seen a string of Australian chief information officers saying 'so long, farewell' to their employers.
Women in tech
Pinterest engineer codes to close the Silicon Valley gender gap
![Pinterest engineer Tracy Chou in Melbourne.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/3/2/s/8/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.1232qk.png/1427366766214.jpg)
Hannah Francis Software engineering is about to face a serious skills shortage, and Tracy Chou knows where to find the right candidates.
Pyne urged to reconsider technology teaching from early years
![Tech teaching: Marita Cheng has joined the chorus of employers, educators and industry bodies that want technology ...](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/4/c/x/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.124c2f.png/1446535013731.jpg)
Sylvia Pennington Technology education from early years will enable future generation of wealth creators, former Young Australian of the Year Marita Cheng says.
Start-ups
Start-ups and failure porn: there's too much celebration and too little fear
![You don't hear about the thousands of start-ups that never recover from a failure, but they're out there.](/web/20160401132441im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/2/c/z/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.122bd7.png/1418069310208.jpg)
Geoff Lewis The idea that failures are to be valued and not feared is discouraging start-ups and their founders from believing in their visions.