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Morgan McKinley: Skills shortage could impact Irish tech growth
Overall, projections are positive for 2024, and candidates with niche tech skills will be able to leverage them as hiring managers seek talent.
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Despite Layoffs, Open Source and Linux Skills are Still in Demand
But then Zemlin added that “open source is countercyclical to these trends. The Linux Foundation itself, for instance, had its best first quarter ever.”
As Hilary Carter, SVP of research and communications at the Linux Foundation, said in her keynote speech at Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver, Canada: “In spite of what the headlines are saying, the facts are 57% of organizations are adding workers this year.” Carter was quoting figures from the Linux Foundation’s latest job survey, which was released at the event.
Other research also points to brighter signs in tech employment trends. CompTIA’s recent analysis of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data suggests the tech unemployment rate climbed by just 2.3% in April. In fact, more organizations plan to increase their technical staff levels rather than decrease.
The demand for skilled tech talent remains strong, particularly in fast-developing areas, such as cloud and containers, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. So, what do these all areas of technology have in common? The answer is they’re all heavily dependent on open source and Linux technologies.
While layoffs are happening at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, and even Red Hat, “the Linux Foundation found senior technical roles are seeing the biggest cuts,” the article points out. “New hiring is focused on developers and IT managers.” And companies are also spending more on training for existing technical staff, “driven by the fact that there aren’t enough experts in hot technologies, such as Kubernetes and generative AI, to go around.”
Interestingly, a college degree is no longer seen as such a huge benefit. Businesses responding to the Linux Foundation’s research felt upskilling (91%) and certifications (77%) are more important than a university education (58%) when it comes to addressing technology needs.
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Honkai Star Rail Bailu – Build, Skills, And Team Comps
Bailu is a spectacular healer in Honkai Star Rail who’s flexible enough to fit on any team, even with a build that isn’t fully optimized. Her skills and ultimate are a constant source of healing, and she can even keep enemies from knocking allies down thanks to a special talent. As a dedicated healer, though, you shouldn’t expect much offensive utility from her.
Bailu abilities
Bailu’s abilities revolve around healing, as you’d expect from an Abundance character, but her passive talent also lets her play a small support role by reducing incoming damage.
Honkai Star Rail reveals Bronya’s mysterious past and top-tier skills
A Honkai Star Rail Bronya video gives us a glimpse into the mysterious history of the next Supreme Guardian, as well as revealing why her support buffs and sharpshooting skills have seen her top the Honkai Star Rail tier list at launch. The turn-based anime game from HoYoverse continues to build out its world and characters with another excellent Honkai Star Rail video going over Bronya’s skills and lore.
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Dead Island 2 Skills – Best Skill Cards To Equip And Best Build
Dead Island 2 uses a deep skill card system that allows you to further customize your Slayer character beyond their initial starting build. You’ll unlock new skill cards early and often throughout the 15-hour story mode, but they won’t all come in handy. Some are much better than others, including an early binary decision that, though it can be reversed, features a clear better and worse option. Here are the best skills to unlock in Dead Island 2.
Dead Island 2’s best skills
The skill tree is broken into four categories: Abilities, Survivor, Slayer, and Numen. This guide will contain light spoilers as some late-game skills give away plot points, so just know that in advance. If that doesn’t bother you, then continue onward. Even if you are spoiler-wary, you can still read about the best skills in the first two categories, Abilities and Survivor.
Abilities
Dodge
This one is very important, as you can only equip dodge or block. You can change them at will, but everyone on our team agreed: Dodge is superior.
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Education or experience: Should IT jobs focus more on candidate skills and less on degrees?
According to CIO magazine, today’s corporate technology leaders and hiring managers across multiple industries are beginning to understand that competency in specific IT-based skills can be more important, valuable, and relevant than the more generalized knowledge provided by an undergraduate degree. The shift in thought in no way downplays the…