How To Enable A Positive Software Developer Experience
ComputerWeekly, Monday, August 21,2023
Businesses are growing in-house software development expertise to deliver technology-powered initiatives - developer experience is key to success
IT leaders strive to enable cross-functional teams that can work effectively across organisational and geographic boundaries, using their preferred tooling.
Amazing things happen when the CIO creates a positive working environment for software developers with the right tooling, constructs and methodologies, combined with a positive approach to people management and team building.
When John Selvadurai, vice-president of research and development at Iterate.ai, began working as a software developer many years ago, no one cared about the developer experience. 'Developers like me were expected to just write the darn code, no matter the conditions. If I had any problems, I was supposed to solve them myself.or just put up with them,' he says.