Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Applied To Software Engineering

Scott Sauber
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a model for understanding the motivations behind why people make the choices that they do. So how does this apply to software? In this Lean Bytes we’ll talk about how we can use Maslow’s, but apply it to software engineering to help us understand why software engineers write the code that they do at different points in their career.
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Azure DevOps vs GitHub Actions: Making the Right Call For Your Organization

Alex McClure

Jacob Reed
In this Lean BYTES, Staff Engineers Alex McClure and Jacob Reed will walk engineering leaders and teams through a practical comparison of Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.