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We are really proud to have achieved certification as a Most Loved Workplace®. Most Loved Workplace® validation provides the most comprehensive look at workplace sentiment for organisations today, certifying companies where employees are the happiest and most satisfied at work. As our CEO Stephen Foreshew-Cain explains, this is the result of working hard “to foster Scott Logic’s people-focused culture so that everyone has an opportunity to grow, and can contribute to shaping the business and having a positive impact on the communities we live in and the wider world.”
At Scott Logic, we're aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2028 and net zero by 2040. We've set out this ambitious but achievable commitment in our Environmental Impact Report 2021. The report documents our carbon footprint in 2021, describes what we are currently doing to significantly reduce our ongoing environmental impact, and sets out our roadmap to net zero. You can find out more and download the report here.
Open Source Leeds is back in September with three great speakers: • Hilary Carter, VP Research, The Linux Foundation – on 'European Open Source Insights: Highlights from Linux Foundation Research’ • Neil Stevenson, Principal Architect, Hazelcast – on 'My Open Source Journey with Hazelcast' • Steven Hawkins, Principal Engineer, ClearBank – on 'How ClearBank embraces an open engineering culture to unlock team potential' We hope you can join us! We organise the Open Source meetup groups in partnership with FINOS, and we're running this event as part of Leeds Digital Festival. 🗓️ Tue 20 September 🕠 17:30–20:00 📍 Avenue HQ, Leeds LS1
Open source software constitutes 70–90% of any given modern software solution. Despite that, in 2021 we found that financial services organisations seemed very reluctant to contribute to open source, while consumption was “acceptable” rather than “encouraged”. Have things changed in the last 12 months? Let's find out. Share your insights in the 2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services survey using the link below. 🎓 As a thank you for your time, you'll get a 25% discount code for any Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is being run by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
Looking to contribute to an open source project for the first time? So was Rowan Willis, and he found the process rather less straightforward than he was expecting. He shares his experiences and insights in this blog post, with advice for first-time contributors and project maintainers alike to help them maximise the value of each other’s time.
At Scott Logic, everyone receives an Individual Development Budget of up to £1,000 and two development days a year. Andrew Whitmell and a group of other Scott Logic developers used theirs to attend the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in a sunny Berlin in June. In this post, Andrew shares his overview of the good, the bad and the not-so-ugly from the event, aiming to answer the question, "Are international conferences worth all that time and effort?"
Techie Brekkie Bristol is back! On 7 Sept, join Deborah Wilder, Director and Co-Founder of Workwell PCS, for a talk and discussion on 'The Future Workplace: the Why and the What of the office'. There'll be the usual delicious, free breakfast for you to enjoy as we explore how to strike the right balance between office and home-working, what the real value is of working together in person, and how office spaces can be optimised for the new world of work. We hope you can join us – in person! 🗓️ Wed 7 Sept 🕘 9:00–10:00 📍 Scott Logic, Bristol BS1
In 2021, financial services organisations appeared very reluctant to contribute to open source, while consumption was “acceptable” rather than “encouraged” – you can read Colin Eberhardt's analysis of the State of Open Source in Financial Services survey results here https://bit.ly/2XHIoAR. Have things changed in the last year? Let's find out. Share your insights in the 2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services survey by following the link below. 🎓 As a thank you for your time, you'll get a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is being run by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
Episode 6 of 'Beyond the Hype' is out! This month, Chris Price, Simon Martin and Robert Pilling discuss Rust – a programming language voted the ‘most-loved’ language seven years in a row in the StackOverflow survey. Is the hype justified? They discuss a wide range of topics, including what it means to be a system-programming language, what brought each of them to Rust, what makes a programming language successful and, in that light, what the future might hold for Rust. With a helpful bicycle metaphor thrown in for good measure! Listen to the episode by clicking the link below. And subscribe to ‘Beyond the Hype’ on: 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/.../beyond-the-hype/id1612265563 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2BlwBJ7JoxYpxU4GBmuR4x 🎧 Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5saWJzeW4uY29tLzM5NTE1MC9yc3M
What is the state of open source in financial services in 2022? Have things changed in the last year? Let's find out. Take the 'State of Open Source in Financial Services' survey now. To thank you for completing this survey, you will receive a 25% discount code for any The Linux Foundation Training and Certification course. The survey is organised by FINOS and The Linux Foundation with Scott Logic and a range of other partners: GitHub, Intel Corporation, Mend, Red Hat, SUSE, Symphony, Tradeweb and Wipro.
