Developers Are the Most Valuable Resource When Creating Software
Developers Are the Most Valuable Resource When Creating Software but Their Time Is Undervalued and Misused
Developers create software, managers create nothingPhoto by Pixabay from PexelsDevelopers are the engine of software projects. You create software at the speed of the development team.The goal should be to have plans, decisions and requirements lined up so the development team can focus on creating software.Instead of protecting developers time and allowing them to focus on development. Developers are interupted regularly, given tasks others could do and invited to endless meetings they don’t need to attend.Managers who create nothing and whose job is to create the environment to enable effective development sacrifice developers.Developer StatusThe development team should do the simple part of creating software after the hard part of creating the plan has been done by the people who matter.Developers’ time is valued less because they are developers and not leaders or decidersIn terms of valuing time, this has priorities upside down.