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Building software for startups is a huge challenge. Not because writing the software itself is that hard, but most startups have managed to create the least optimal places to do work. In my 10+ years of experience as a software engineer at startups, I cannot trust employers to provide me with an adequate work environment, and this holds me back from doing the best possible work for them. I am an ambitious, driven individual, and I want nothing more than to provide the places I work with my best possible output. I will give whatever company I am working at 110%. Most of the places I have worked have done a great job at preventing me from doing this. That’s why from here on out, I am taking a stand and drawing a line in the sand. Henceforth I will only work in a “remote” arrangement.

The world of work is changing faster and more drastically than at perhaps any other time in recent history. According to research from the World Economic Forum, 35% of the skills necessary to thrive in a job today will be different five years from now.

How can we prepare for a workplace of the future if we’re not quite sure what it will look like? What skills or expertise should students focus on acquiring today if they want to succeed tomorrow? We spoke with five experts from the Forum’s Young Global Leaders community to get their opinion.

The idea of humans losing their jobs to robots/computers is currently the most virulent of all the various techno-angsts going around.

It’s a valid worry. While the exact percentage estimates vary, it’s generally understood that many of today’s jobs will soon have robots filling them instead of people. Existing robot doctors, lawyers, chefs and even journalists may not perform as well as their human counterparts yet, but they will inevitably improve—and dramatically so in many cases. Humans, not so much.

If you’re considering a new career, first consider whether or not the job prospect in your crosshairs will even exist in a couple decades. Indeed, a recent Oxford University study identified more than 700 jobs under threat by an increasingly automated workforce. The following are among the most at-risk.

Who wouldn’t want to work from home? In addition to giving you the freedom to work in your pajamas, telecommuting saves money and frustration, cutting out both the commute and dry-cleaning costs (to say nothing of the savings to your fancy coffee budget). But working from home isn’t without its pitfalls.

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are moving at lightning speed from the laboratory and are touching every single part of our lives – the way we read the news and hail a taxi has changed, and soon the way we work, and the skills needed to do our jobs will evolve. As the World Economic Forum puts it, we’re on the brink of a Fourth Industrial Revolution – and the technology that underpins it will have a huge, and some would say, unpredictable impact on business. As Andrew McAfee, explains in this Economist podcast, there is no clear distinction of the level of automation and indeed transformation of jobs. However, one thing is for sure – with digitalisation and automation such a high priority, the impact on the role of the CIO and their IT departments the world over will be profound.

A 2013 study found that many workers in open offices are frustrated by distractions that lead to poorer work performance. Nearly half of the surveyed workers in open offices said the lack of sound privacy was a significant problem for them and more than 30 percent complained about the lack of visual privacy. Meanwhile, “ease of interaction” with colleagues — the problem that open offices profess to fix — was cited as a problem by fewer than 10 percent of workers in any type of office setting. In fact, those with private offices were least likely to identify their ability to communicate with colleagues as an issue. In a previous study, researchers concluded that “the loss of productivity due to noise distraction … was doubled in open-plan offices compared to private offices.”

2017 va a ser definitivamente el año de los perfiles profesionales digitales y capaces de poner la tecnología al servicio de la empresa.

Las compañías necesitan aprovechar todo el potencial que les ofrece el uso de la información y en sus plantillas carecen de la mano de obra capacitada para ello, por eso este año buscarán perfiles profesionales muy especializados y relacionados con las Tecnologías de la Información y las Telecomunicaciones, como especialistas en Big Data, vídeo engineer o ingeniero en seguridad.

t’s something that you try to tap into every time you design new training content. Some might say you either have it or you don’t. I would like to think that each of us can be creative if we work hard enough. If you disagree and think it’s all in the genes, I encourage you to read the research findings of Marvin Reznikoff.

Another myth about creativity has to do with a lack of resources. If you had enough money and time, you could be more creative. Unfortunately, a lack of resources is not impacting your creativity. Constraints can actually make you more creative and force you to think outside the box.

Don’t you feel much better? Genetics and a lack of resources are no longer obstacles to your creativity. Here are four things I do to boost my creativity.

Telecommuting sounds like a dream. Instead of sitting in traffic, you get to spend an extra hour in bed. The coffee is better, you don't have to listen to the inane jabbering of your coworkers, and if you get through your quota of work early, you're done for the day, instead of hanging around wasting time to fill up the remaining hours. And while that may be true for some lucky folks, the reality is quite different, especially when it comes to pay and long hours.

"Rather than enhancing true flexibility in when and where employees work," write the authors of a new study, "the capacity to work from home mostly extends the workday and encroaches into what was formerly home and family time."

¿Quieres mejorar la manera en que tus alumnos aprenden? ¡Cambia tu forma de evaluar! En la actualidad existen infinidad de herramientas para realizar una evaluación formativa diferente al examen y que te harán la docencia mucho más práctica, rápida y fácil.

In my previous post, I looked at how everything old is new again in regards to fears about automation taking human jobs. It’s a fear that has existed for decades at least and is now once again in high gear thanks to recent advances in robots and artificial intelligence. Robots will mostly take over the jobs humans hate doing anyway

Many robotics and AI experts aren’t too concerned with the long term, believing that machines will ultimately elevate the type of work that humans do. But there does seem to be a consensus building that societies are going to have to do something to manage the pain in the near term.

A large group of workers—mainly those whose work involves routine tasks—will indeed be displaced, so it might be wise to plan for it now.

Trabajar desde casa suena bastante tentador. Puedes vestirte como quieras, comer cuando te apetezca, enviar mensajes a tus amigos, hacer recados y estar en casa con tu familia. Sin embargo, esta lista de beneficios a menudo puede jugar en tu contra y hacer que no cumplas con tus tareas diarias.

Si te encuentras en esta situación y quieres marcarte un calendario que te ayude a mejorar tu productividad, ten en cuenta estos 9 consejos:

Old-school educators may feel intimidated by the new trends involved in the classroom, but that should only challenge them to make their classes more interesting for the students. There are various online solutions that can really promote the process of education by enabling teachers to organize the classroom activities and inspire students to get more involved. This article will list 20 new apps that promise great potential in terms of education enhancement.