You can think of this as a crush course in hiring top tech talent. More precisely, in this presentation I discuss the main drivers that affect top developers' decision making process when it comes to looking for a new role (taken from Stack Overflow's 2012 developer survey).
23. Top 10 Things
Programmers
Want
#10 Physical
workspace
#9 Location
#8 Creative work
#7 Identification with
company goals
#6 Great tools and
hardware
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#5 Excitement about
company products
#4 Independence
#3 Good management
#2 High calibre team
#1 Growth
“The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average.”
Over 25 million people use Stack Overflow every month – that’s the population of New Your, London and Tokyo combined
2012 survey results – In 2012, we conducted a survey of more than 2,000 programmers onStack Overflow to find out what matters most when they look for a job. These programmers lived all over the world, had up to 12 years of experience, and were evenly split among industries of all sizes.
9/10 devs would accept an offer that pays 10% less to work at a company that fits their other criteria better
75% of programmers say that physical workspace is important Sunlight-the perfect workstation Offer amenities
Sunlight-the perfect workstation Offer amenities
- more than half said that having a convenient commute was very important to them
85% of programmers prefer a high ratio of creating new code to maintaining existing code. FORWARD
85% of programmers prefer to work at a place where they can identify with the work, so create a sense of belonging.
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Buying programmers the tools they want will ultimately show you respect their work and value their contribution.8.6% non-negotiable 41.9% - Very important
-It’s essential that your employees actually care about the work that they do, which means they need to like what your organization produces. If you can’t get candidates excited about your product during the application process, your chance of successfully recruiting them will crumble. -Find your “fan base” – Borrow My Doggie
96% said that independence is an important factor One of the best-known studies on workplace happiness found that that employees are happier when they have an ability to control things around them
- 98% of programmers said it was importantto have good management and no bureaucracy.
98% of programmers in our survey said that they prefer to work on a smart, hardworking team. No big surprise here, but good luck attracting any smart people to your company if you don’t have any smart people there already. Smart people attract smart people, so make sure you’re using the right magnet in your recruiting efforts.
38% od programmers will only work at a company that will give them the opportunity to learn and grow