What’s new on Coursera for Business – September 2019

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 60+ courses on our platform in September. Our industry partners IBM and Amazon Web Services continue to release cutting edge content, while university partners like Imperial College London, EDHEC Business School, and the University of Illinois push the boundaries in skills ranging from app development to […]
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Do Coders Crave a Sense of Control?

This week Stack Overflow’s CEO/founder Joel Spolsky spoke to Clive Thompson, the tech journalist who just published the new book Coders: the Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World . “It’s a sort of ethnographic history of this particular tribe,” explains a blog post at Stack Overflow, “examining how software developers fit into the world of business…

Redefine what’s possible with Professional Certificates on Coursera

Ready to start a new career or take your career to the next level? Professional Certificates on Coursera help you gain marketable skills and become job-ready for an in-demand career in less than 12 months. Why are Professional Certificates on Coursera unique? Learn from top companies and universities, including Google, IBM, UCI, SAS, and more […]
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Why New York’s Subway Still Uses OS/2

Every day 5.7 million people ride the subway in New York City — and are subjected to both “the whims of the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the unheard-of reliability of a marginally successful operating system from the early 1990s.” martiniturbide shared this report from Tedium:
OS/2 and MTA consultant Neil Waldhauer said in an email, “For a few years, you could bet…