{"id":992,"date":"2019-03-18T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T12:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bayzat.com\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2023-08-08T06:31:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:31:40","slug":"how-to-develop-a-culture-for-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bayzat.com\/blog\/how-to-develop-a-culture-for-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to develop the right work culture for your in-house developers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The folks who sit in the corner office, quiet and seemingly introvert are those that maintain your website, create apps, provide support and so on are cut from a different cloth. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Call them developers, geeks, engineers, dev team, programmers or<\/span> \u2018IT<\/span> guys\u2019. It\u2019s broader if you count devops, network admins, web designers, testers and QA. <\/span><\/div>\n
Their role and influence is the most rapidly changing in business history. Their skills touch every department or function in some form \u2013 from emails, inventory, finance, marketing, HR, security as they all run off software. In fact, with automation, every company is becoming a software company by choice or chance. <\/span><\/div>\n
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However, their priorities, profile is different from a typical employee. Coding is largely a solitary exercise and requires focus. They say coders think binary in 0s and 1s. It\u2019s analytical, logical leaving limited space to socialize<\/span> (at<\/span> least in the real world). Communication amongst each other or outside the team is minimal, which affects the work culture. Some of this persona is true. Outside their screens, the need to be accepted,<\/span> \u2018fit<\/span> in\u2019, and valued is not different from any other role.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hence, it\u2019s vital for HR and Finance to understand what keeps them ticking or ticks them off. Doing so can make a world of difference to the top and bottomline. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The best snapshot to what developers think comes from <\/span>Stack Overflow<\/b><\/span> \u2013 a site where a staggering 50 million users visit every month to share code, discuss with peers, rave, rant and look for jobs. Of those, an estimated 21 million are professional developers and aspiring grads.<\/span><\/div>\n
Each year, Stack Overflow conducts an extensive survey<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span>. Over 100,000 developers participated this year to share how they learn, build their careers, what they earn<\/span> (or<\/span> want to), what they expect in a job and the values most important to them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The answers hint at what\u2019s next for technology and can define your workplace. The findings are insightful, telling as they are not unique to a country. Software by nature is globalized with similar tools, process and web-based\/mobile.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Key findings from the 2018-17 survey, which just came out: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
-90% of respondents are male<\/span><\/div>\n
-Overwhelmingly majority spend a large part of their waking hours glued to screens<\/span><\/div>\n
-Developers tend to be more satisfied with their career than their current job<\/span><\/div>\n
-Overall, career satisfaction does not vary significantly by industry<\/span><\/div>\n
-Current job satisfaction is very low in financial services and IT<\/span><\/div>\n
-Career satisfaction is lowest for developers with only a few years\u2019 experience<\/span><\/div>\n
-Majority are in their early 20s, unmarried, without kids\/dependants<\/span><\/div>\n
-80% are self-taught \u2013 i.e. without formal training or University degree<\/span><\/div>\n
-53.3% said remote options were a top priority they valued the most when considering a new job<\/span><\/div>\n
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Surprisingly it\u2019s not just money i.e. salary that drives them. The benefits selected the most by respondents related to mental and physical health: vacation days, remote options, and health benefits. They prioritized opportunities for professional development over any other factor by a large margin. This could mean they\u2019re looking to go up the corporate ladder or level up with their company\u2019s help.<\/span><\/div>\n
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