Small business needs a different sort of software developer

[Kent Sharkey]

ZDNet[^]:

Not all companies need the same skills from developers, and not all developers want to work for Big Tech.

"We're all leading lives that are different and yet the same."

[Marc Clifton]

Quote:

O'Leary says developers at larger companies are more likely to feel disconnected from their work's direct impact on their company and its customers.

Is it a radical point, that if a developer feels disconnected for their work's direct impact, then maybe whatever they are doing should be, well, not done? Or to put it another way -- if the work doesn't have a direct impact, why is the work being done?

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[obermd]

This is exactly why I like working for small businesses.

[jsc42]

Marc Clifton wrote:

if the work doesn't have a direct impact, why is the work being done?

At least the folks who worked on Nasa's Dart (se item immediately above this one) has a direct impact.

[Gary Wheeler]

Marc Clifton wrote:

if a developer feels disconnected for their work's direct impact

Then their boss has failed to lead. It's part of their job to ensure that the developer knows where their work fits in the scheme of things, and why it's valuable.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Marc Clifton]

obermd wrote:

This is exactly why I like working for small businesses.

Yes! I've loved the opportunities I've had to work for small companies and startups.

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[Marc Clifton]

jsc42 wrote:

has a direct impact.

harharhar.

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[Marc Clifton]

Gary Wheeler wrote:

Then their boss has failed to lead. It's part of their job to ensure that the developer knows where their work fits in the scheme of things, and why it's valuable.

And not to shovel the corporate bullsh*t. All too often I've heard "you make a difference!" followed by some generic garbage.

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