Bobby

Like 1 through 10, just rate it?

Like 1 through 10, just rate it?

It's the words, not like a one through five thing.

It's the words, not like a one through five thing.

Or perceived rate of pain. Have you ever seen that?

Or perceived rate of pain. Have you ever seen that?

There's a great Brian Reagan stand-up where he talks about them asking him that question when he goes into the ER, you know, and him thinking through like, what number should he say in order to get help as fast as possible? He's like, never pick seven. You know, like you're always an eight.

There's a great Brian Reagan stand-up where he talks about them asking him that question when he goes into the ER, you know, and him thinking through like, what number should he say in order to get help as fast as possible? He's like, never pick seven. You know, like you're always an eight.

And so it's very much Goodhart's Law in a much funnier context.

And so it's very much Goodhart's Law in a much funnier context.

Well, there's another interesting data point on their survey, another interesting question, which is about coding outside of work. And if you want an indication of somebody doing something because it makes them happy, it's something that they would do outside of work.

Well, there's another interesting data point on their survey, another interesting question, which is about coding outside of work. And if you want an indication of somebody doing something because it makes them happy, it's something that they would do outside of work.

And so the same exact work of developing, while there's 80% unhappy at work, 68% of respondents said that they write code outside of work as a hobby. That's like almost 70 out of 100 people. That's a large number. And 40%, which there's some overlap there, these aren't mutually exclusive, code outside of work for professional development or self-paced learning from online courses.

And so the same exact work of developing, while there's 80% unhappy at work, 68% of respondents said that they write code outside of work as a hobby. That's like almost 70 out of 100 people. That's a large number. And 40%, which there's some overlap there, these aren't mutually exclusive, code outside of work for professional development or self-paced learning from online courses.

So these are people investing in themselves, caring about getting better at what they do. And that's kind of amazing. So we have this dichotomy of people who love to write software, generally speaking, and yet unhappy writing software inside of their organization. And obviously you can look at your DXi and follow the 14, but the closer you can make...

So these are people investing in themselves, caring about getting better at what they do. And that's kind of amazing. So we have this dichotomy of people who love to write software, generally speaking, and yet unhappy writing software inside of their organization. And obviously you can look at your DXi and follow the 14, but the closer you can make...

your engineering teams feel like they're doing their hobby. Think about how a hobby works. It is self-directed, first of all. So autonomy is huge. Most likely, unless they have a bunch of kids running around, there's deep work involved. You can lose yourself in it.

your engineering teams feel like they're doing their hobby. Think about how a hobby works. It is self-directed, first of all. So autonomy is huge. Most likely, unless they have a bunch of kids running around, there's deep work involved. You can lose yourself in it.

You can go into the, I was going to say the garage, but if we're coding, well, maybe the garage, wherever it is that you write software.

You can go into the, I was going to say the garage, but if we're coding, well, maybe the garage, wherever it is that you write software.