PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2018
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- New research has revealed that while 68% of developers agree "developers are the new kingmakers," many believe their companies are losing competitive advantage because they don't have a deep understanding of the technical realities and opportunities developers face. In today's software-driven world, organizations with productive developers can innovate faster and solve complex business problems that previously went unanswered. But without an appreciation of the nuances of the role, it's easy for companies to see their developers get sucked into non-productive work that fails to create value for the larger organization.
MongoDB Inc., (Nasdaq: MDB), the general purpose database platform, worked with Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers, to survey more than 1,000 developers worldwide to uncover some of the key challenges and opportunities they are facing.
"Today every company is starting to realize that whatever line of business they're in, they're really a software company," said Joel Splosky, CEO, Stack Overflow. "Given that software is created by developers, it's obvious to see why developers are so important."
According to a Forrester 2018 predictions report, digital transformation will continue to dominate business strategy in 2018, with CEOs looking to their CIOs to act as strategic partners in leading that process.1 However, a fundamental issue that will need to be addressed to ensure successful innovation is a better understanding of the role that developers play within an organization.
In fact, 56% of respondents to the Stack Overflow survey believe that developers are the main drivers of innovation within organizations today, over executive management (30%), marketing (7%) and sales (7%). However, the research revealed three main challenges associated with developers' working lives that are hampering this innovation:
"Every business is turning to software for a competitive edge but these findings show a disconnect still exists between businesses and developers about the best approach," said Eliot Horowitz, CTO and cofounder at MongoDB. "Developers drive innovation, bring new products to market and keep business agile, but only when they can devote their time to rapid iteration. If the technologies they are provided with are hindering their productivity and creating a large maintenance burden, developers are left coding with one hand behind their back."
The cloud is one particular area that developers are finding a boost as most see consuming technology as a service as a multiplier for their productivity. Cloud-focused findings from the research include:
1 Predictions 2018: CIOs Make The Chief Digital Officer Obsolete, Forrester Research, Inc., November 6, 2017.
Methodology
Commissioned through Stack Overflow consulting. Study of 1,027 developers in the US, UK, India, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Italy and Germany. The study was carried out in summer 2017.
About Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is the largest, most trusted online developer community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. More than 50 million professional and aspiring programmers visit Stack Overflow each month to help solve coding problems, develop new skills, and find job opportunities.
Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow partners with businesses to help them understand, hire, engage, and enable the world's developers. To learn more about Stack Overflow's business solutions - technical recruiting, advertising, market research, and enterprise knowledge sharing visit stackoverflowbusiness.com.
About MongoDB
MongoDB is the leading modern, general purpose database platform, designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and the applications they build. Headquartered in New York, MongoDB has more than 4,900 customers in over 90 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded over 30 million times and there have been more than 730,000 MongoDB University registrations.
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