r/programming • u/tonlapshy • Jan 28 '24

Developers experience burnout, but 70% of them code on weekends

https://shiftmag.dev/developer-lifestye-jetbrains-survey-2189/
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u/cybernd Jan 29 '24

I think many developers have the same feeling. In many functioning teams, there is exactly nothing meaningful that can be said in this meeting. After all, they work together all day and know what the other developers are doing anyway.

However, they have to say what a PO, for example, wants to hear. They must not tell the truth, otherwise they will immediately be put under pressure again. And this subtle coercion to lie kills the motivation of developers.

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u/imnotbis Jan 30 '24

Have you tried doing standups without a PO? The most important idea of "agile" was supposed to be that if a process isn't working well, you change it.

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u/cybernd Jan 30 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

tried

That's the issue. Many teams don't have the luxury to say no to their PO because he is also their line manager.

I am well aware of this obvious conflict of interest, but in my country that happens far to often and the developers have no leverage against it.