It is no surprise that the world today is driven by apps. Organizations all over the world are basing their business goals on their capacity to integrate new apps quickly, and they need to constantly reimagine how they interact with and communicate with their consumers and employees to fulfill changing expectations. To do this effectively, […]
Leverage Empirical Data to Avoid DevOps Burnout
Burnout is possible in any industry. But it seems to be especially rampant in tech, a space bursting at the seams with inflated expectations and ever-accelerating trends. Nearly 60% of tech workers said they were currently feeling burned out at their workplace, found a study by TeamBlind. Limiting burnout and supporting employee mental health is […]
Majority of Open Source Devs Open to Change Jobs in 2022
Open source is the foundation of most modern software applications. Now more than ever, retaining developers with experience working on and with open source projects is critical to maintaining software development agility. Yet amid the Great Resignation, it can be challenging to keep talent happy—organizations must demonstrate a commitment to employee benefits, mentorship and cutting-edge […]
Eradicating Developer Burnout With a Flexible Workforce
Burnout can affect people no matter what their job role, but software developers are particularly vulnerable. Too often, businesses chase profits by chronically relying on heavy workloads delivered by employees in short turnaround times. Developers often undertake intense work and find themselves pushed to meet deadlines under great pressure over and over again. But without […]
Essential Ingredients For a Remote DevOps Team
Enterprise business processes are run on evolving applications, and the DevOps team needs to be as efficient as the applications they create. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on DevOps productivity—and that impact hasn’t always been positive. Tracking the performance of the DevOps team has become more challenging in a remote and […]
White House Meeting Puts Spotlight on OSS Sustainability
A recent meeting between IT industry leaders and White House officials highlighted open source software sustainability concerns as high-profile breaches and zero-day attacks have many organizations reviewing their software supply chains. The White House published a statement describing, among other things, how participants had a “substantive and constructive” discussion on how to make a difference […]
Incident Resolution for Remote Teams
People working in IT support and incident management right now are faced with unusual difficulties supporting large remote workforces and managing unpredictable workloads. On Reddit, system admins and other IT pros are bemoaning the hiccups and hassles of working in isolation while trying to resolve issues and maintain high SLAs. You can’t go grab your […]
DOES 2019: Understanding the Effects of Burnout
If you work in the IT field, cybersecurity, the startup world or any other high-pressure job, you or someone you know has probably suffered from burnout in one form or another. If so, you already know that burnout is a real condition with significant consequences. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently recognized burnout […]