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MSR 2022
Mon 23 - Tue 24 May 2022
co-located with ICSE 2022

The traditional path to a software engineering career involves a post-secondary diploma in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. However, many software engineers take a non-traditional path to their career, starting from other industries or fields of study. This paper proposes a study on barriers faced by software engineers with non-traditional educational and occupational backgrounds, and possible mitigation strategies for those barriers. We propose a two-stage methodology, consisting of an exploratory study, followed by a validation study. The exploratory study will involve a grounded-theory-based qualitative analysis of relevant Reddit data to yield a framework around the barriers and possible mitigation strategies. These findings will then be validated using a survey in the validation study. Making software engineering more accessible to those with non-traditional backgrounds will not only bring about the benefits of functional diversity, but also serves as a method of filling in the labour shortages of the software engineering industry.

Fri 20 May

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11:00 - 11:50
Session 15: Collaboration & Open SourceRegistered Reports / Data and Tool Showcase Track / Technical Papers / Industry Track at MSR Main room - odd hours
Chair(s): Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Fiorella Zampetti University of Sannio, Italy
11:00
7m
Talk
Code Review Practices for Refactoring Changes: An Empirical Study on OpenStack
Technical Papers
Eman Abdullah AlOmar Stevens Institute of Technology, Moataz Chouchen ETS, Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer Rochester Institute of Technology, Ali Ouni ETS Montreal, University of Quebec
Pre-print
11:07
4m
Talk
FixJS: A Dataset of Bug-fixing JavaScript Commits
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Viktor Csuvik Department of Software Engineering, MTA-SZTE Research Group on Artificial Intelligence, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, László Vidács University of Szeged, Hungary
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11:11
4m
Talk
A Time Series-Based Dataset of Open-Source Software Evolution
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Bruno L. Sousa UFMG, Mariza Bigonha Professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Kecia A. M. Ferreira CEFET-MG, Glaura C. Franco UFMG
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
11:15
4m
Talk
LAGOON: An Analysis Tool for Open Source Communities
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Sourya Dey Galois, Inc., Walt Woods Galois, Inc.
Pre-print Media Attached
11:19
4m
Talk
A Versatile Dataset of Agile Open Source Software Projects
Data and Tool Showcase Track
Vali Tawosi University College London, Afnan Al-Subaihin University College London, Rebecca Moussa University College London, Federica Sarro University College London
Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
11:23
7m
Talk
Automatically Prioritizing and Assigning Tasks from Code Repositories in Puzzle Driven Development
Industry Track
Ayomide Bakare Innopolis University, Yegor Bugayenko Huawei, Arina Cheverda Innopolis University, Mirko Farina Innopolis University, Artem Kruglov Innopolis University, Witold Pedrycz University of Alberta, Giancarlo Succi Innopolis University
11:30
4m
Talk
Towards Understanding Barriers and Mitigation Strategies of Software Engineers with Non-traditional Educational and Occupational Backgrounds
Registered Reports
Tavian Barnes University of Waterloo, Ken Jen Lee University of Waterloo, Cristina Tavares University of Waterloo, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez University of British Columbia (UBC), Mei Nagappan University of Waterloo
Pre-print
11:34
4m
Talk
Can instability variations warn developers when open-source projects boost?
Registered Reports
Alejandro Valezate Rey Juan Carlos University, Rafael Capilla Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Victor Salamanca Rey Juan Carlos University
Pre-print
11:38
12m
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Technical Papers


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