Expertise
Talent
What it's like to be Australia's top tech talent
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Stuart Corner Australian gift website Red Balloon is expanding into the employee reward market.
Productivity
Multitasking does not work - and here's why
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
