Your developer’s intelligence isn’t artificial - Hannes Lowette - NDC Porto 2024

This talk was recorded at NDC Porto in Porto, Portugal. #ndcporto #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you: https://ndcconferences.com https://ndcporto.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn every day: / @NDC Follow our Social Media! https://www.facebook.com/ndcconferences https://twitter.com/NDC_Conferences https://www.instagram.com/ndc_conferences/ “Hire someone with the right skills, pay the price for their immediate productivity and deal with the rest later.” It feels like Big Tech has been using that approach for years, gradually driving up wages for senior profiles in the process. But what if we did exactly the opposite? If you rely on tech skills, but don’t want to enter a bidding war, you are going to need a different strategy. If you choose this path, learning will become a key component in almost everything you do. You will have to hire for attitude, not skills. And if you want your investments to pay off, you’ll have to actually care about the individuals that work with you. This is a cultural shift that requires courage and buy-in from the entire company. There is no pretending. In this talk, I’ll talk about the journey we’ve gone through the last decade, and I’ll include examples from other companies in the field with similar philosophies. Amongst other things, I’ll touch on learning culture, retention, wage policies, coaching and growth. I’ll warn you in advance: none of this is going to be easy. But at the other end of it lies a future where HR has become ‘human relations’ instead of the other meaning it usually carries. And that is worth fighting for…