Beyond Code: The Non-Technical Aspects of Developer Experience

Tech Debt Is Not Bad

Most developers have heard the term tech debt undoubtedly with a negative connotation. Code, systems, or processes are not inherently bad or good. They are what they are. A continuous improvement journey. Come listen to the latest episode of DevEx Evolved podcast and get a new perspective on tech debt or as I call it innovation ideas. It might just give you a new outlook on all the opportunities that exist in your organization and how you can improve things for the better. Make sure to rate and leave a comment for us! Thanks for listening.

Remind Me What A Product Manager Does

How does Developer Experience collide with product management? Even better, what does a product management team do and how can they help your Developer Experience organization? In this episode Chuck and Tim talk to Special Guest Bryce Deneen who has been on both the development and product side of software teams. Bryce shares his years of expertise and discusses the role of a product team in a company, how to find great product leaders, and how to help an organization plan for the future. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please feel free to rate  or leave a comment. Thanks for listening.

Mandatory Team Work

If you have ever worked on a team of software engineers this episode is for you. What are some characteristics of high performing teams? How do you help people get along? How do you build a resilient and productive team? Should a team try to agree via consensus or should few or even 1 person make decisions. Come listen to this interesting discussion where you might gather new ideas to improve your software teams. Please rate and comment on our podcast. Thank you for listening.

Beyond Code: The Non-Technical Aspects of Developer Experience

In this episode Tim and Chuck bring on a special guest and Software Architect Sandeep Adi to discuss Beyond Code and the technical aspects of developer experience, activity, and engagement.  How do you know you are on a high performing team? What do high performing teams do differently than one considered medium performing? Is a teams performance quantifiable? What measure do you use? And how do you create a culture of high performance? Come find out these answers and more.  Enjoy the episode, rate us, and leave a comment.

Revealing DevEx in the Interview

"Every developer wants a good developer experience" - Tim Downey. From a developers point of view, you could make a claim it's best to work at companies that take pride in developer experience. But when interviewing, how do you know your pontential employer has a good developer experience or cares about developer experience at all? In this episode we share questions you could ask your pontential employer to determine whether you'll like coding there or loathe it.