DeveloperWeek Management 2024 + AI DevSummit 2024 (+ DW Europe/LATAM 2024)

Ramiro Berrelleza, Okteto, Founder

Leaders always need to think about ROI when investing in people and software. Today, the typical way to measure this is by leaning on DORA-style metrics: How often is code shipped, how long does it take to fix an issue discovered in production, or how many tickets we close on a given sprint. It's a reasonable path: it's easy to measure, and there's enough research that proves that there's merit in this approach.

But this approach is missing something fundamental. The role of developers, from small companies to enterprises, is not to write code or ship features. It's to create business value through software. And this is, at its core, a creative endeavor. And creative endeavors need positive environments to thrive.

In this talk, Ramiro, founder, and CEO of Okteto, one of the leading companies in developer productivity and development experience, will make a case for why technical leaders need to consider the ROI of developer happiness. During the talk, we'll discuss why developer happiness matters, how to measure it, why leading companies in our industry are investing in this, and how we can foster developer happiness in our teams, organizations, and companies.

Join the conversation, and let's learn together why a happy developer is a productive developer.