5 May
How to grow a thriving development culture
A lot of companies I visited have a thriving development culture where things like sharing knowledge and organizing meetups are the rule, not the exception. When I ask about it, I always get the same answer: “We only hire people who believe experimenting en cooperation are important.” In other words: They didn’t create a culture, it was a logical consequence.
Though the answer seems obvious I wasn’t ready to accept it. It is no help for organisations which don’t have this kind of culture yet. What should they do? Fire every developer and hire new ones? So…