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July 29, 2022

How to upskill your engineering team

We look at how companies can stop their engineers from getting bored


Tomas Vocetka thinks upskilling as a software engineer is the responsibility of both the individual and the employer. He would know: he’s been an engineer for over 30 years and has had several senior technical leadership roles at places like IT giant Hewlett Packard and Skype (once it was acquired by Microsoft.) Now, he’s CTO at Berlin-based travel comparison booking app Omio, leading a team of 140 engineers.

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