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Developers Who Vlog: Dismantling Stereotypes through Community and Identity
Souti Chattopadhyay, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann
Developers are more than "nerds behind computers all day", they lead a normal life, and not all take the traditional path to learn programming. However, the public still sees softw…
Reel Life vs. Real Life: How Software Developers Share Their Daily Life through Vlogs
Souti Chattopadhyay, Thomas Zimmermann, Denae Ford
Software developers are turning to vlogs (video blogs) to share what a day is like to walk in their shoes. Through these vlogs developers share a rich perspective of their technica…
Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good
Yu Huang, Denae Ford, Thomas Zimmermann
When inspiring software developers to contribute to open source software, the act is often referenced as an opportunity to build tools to support the developer community. However,…
Accessibility in Software Practice: A Practitioner's Perspective
Tingting Bi, Xin Xia, David Lo +3
Being able to access software in daily life is vital for everyone, and thus accessibility is a fundamental challenge for software development. However, given the number of accessib…
"How Was Your Weekend?" Software Development Teams Working From Home During COVID-19
Courtney Miller, Paige Rodeghero, Margaret-Anne Storey +2
The mass shift to working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the way many software development teams collaborate and communicate. To investigate how team cultur…
"Is My Mic On?" Preparing SE Students for Collaborative Remote Work and Hybrid Team Communication
Makayla Moster, Denae Ford, Paige Rodeghero
Communication is essential for the success of student and professional software engineering (SE) team development projects. The projects delivered by SE courses provide valuable le…