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Software Engineering & Empirical Research https://empirical-software.engineering

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Role transitions, reorganizations, and software development: Teams split/merge, job profiles shift, colleagues move roles/retire. These changes are constant, but how do they impact the software systems being developed? We're exploring this in our survey: survey-uni-bayreuth-tivian.de/uc/role-tran...

The Ripple Effects of Role Transitions and Reorganizations

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Jul 2

Every career path looks different, and mine is certainly not representative. Interestingly, little is known about typical career paths in the software industry. Let's change that with the career progression study: paulralph.name/career_progr...
Please repost!

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Dec 23

Me neither 😅 But thanks for pointing me to the issue.

Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Dec 21

Sorry for the duplicate post, but for the previous one video embedding was disabled, hence no preview :-)

The recording of my inaugural lecture "From Opinion to Evidence: An Empirical Approach to Software Engineering" at Uni Bayreuth is now available online: youtu.be/58OvavOQO0w

From Opinion to Evidence - An Empirical Approach to Software Engineering

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Dec 21

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thanks a lot for your positive feedback, David!

Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Dec 19

From Opinion to Evidence: An Empirical Approach to Software Engineering. The recording of my inaugural lecture at Uni Bayreuth is now available online: youtu.be/58OvavOQO0w

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Alexander Serebrenik @aserebrenik.bsky.social · Nov 29

🔊 Calling all Returners in the IT industry!
Help Andreea Maican @sbaltes.bsky.social and me improve returnship programs!

How To Contribute:
📝 A short survey (~10 minutes): forms.office.com/e/G9AKdVkk3R
🎙️ Optional interview: shorturl.at/OIDk7 or leave your contact in the survey.

Are you returning to IT after a career break or exploring returnship programs? Help us improve these programs!
One of my students, Andreea Maican(https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreeamaican/), is conducting research as part of her master’s thesis at Eindhoven University of Technology.

How You Can Contribute:
📝 Complete a short survey (~10 minutes): Share your experiences, challenges, and successes.
👉 [https://forms.office.com/e/G9AKdVkk3R]
🎙️ Optional interview (~ 30 minutes):
Dive deeper into your journey if you've completed an IT returnship.
👉 Book a slot: [https://shorturl.at/OIDk7] or leave your contact in the survey.
Your insights will shape returnship programs to better meet returners' needs. The study is ethically approved, and all responses are confidential.

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Sebastian Baltes @sbaltes.bsky.social · Nov 24

It has almost been a year since I joined Uni Bayreuth and I haven't had my inaugural lecture yet. Luckily, this is about to change! 18th December 5pm in lecture hall H 33 in building INF/AI. Talks will be in English. Register to receive a link for remote attendance ([email protected]).

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