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Keeping Developers Will Be the Priority in Great Developer Resignation Next Stage
Spending more on retaining developers reduces your cost of hiring developers
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early. Charles Lamb
I have watched, read, written and took part in the great resignation (joining a new company 6 months ago remotely, only seeing my new colleagues in person for the first time last week.
The software development world has changed and overall developers have benefited. Software development has increased, demand for developers has gone up and developers have moved more for better jobs.
What happens next? Will developers continue to move jobs at higher levels or will it settle down?
Will companies change and put more effort and money into keeping developers, instead of focusing most of their efforts into hiring replacements?
The stages of the great developer resignation
Below are the stages of the great developer resignation
- Remote working — meeting overload, burnout
- Increase in remote working leads to an increase in demand for software and an increase in demand for developers
- Developers move jobs to get better roles and better pay
- Developers take sabbaticals
It seems COVID is calming down, with restrictions being removed in most countries and face to face meetings back on.
When I went into an office recently it would estimate it was only using 10 percent capacity. Many office workers can work remotely and most companies are not forcing workers to come into the office. This is limbo situation because without other people in the office there isn’t a benefit to going into the office.
Winners and losers of the great resignation
Who were the winners and losers of the great resignation?
The big losers are software companies who hire developers. They lost experienced developers (experienced in…
