What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not

By The Pragmatic Engineer - 2020-10-20

Description

I've worked at various tech companies: from "traditional" shops and consultancies, through an investment bank, to high-growth tech firms. I've also talked with software engineers working at startups, ...

Summary

  • I've worked at various tech companies: pay higher wages, and they get more value out of the same person.
  • And the same companies who try to measure engineering productivity with metrics related to lines of code or commits wonder why their engineers are not product-focused or product-aware.
  • Investing in a less frustrating developer experience Developing in 2020 can be frustrating.

 

Topics

  1. Management (0.46)
  2. Backend (0.08)
  3. UX (0.06)

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