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Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering
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Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering

by Caitlin Sadowski
May 2019
Beginner
320 pages
8h 16m
English
Apress
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© The Author(s) 2019
C. Sadowski, T. Zimmermann (eds.)Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineeringhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4221-6_10

10. Happiness and the Productivity of Software Engineers

Daniel Graziotin1  and Fabian Fagerholm2
(1)
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(2)
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
 

Software companies nowadays often aim for flourishing happiness among developers. Perks, playground rooms, free breakfast, remote office options, sports facilities near the companies...there are several ways to make software developers happy. The rationale is that of a return on investment: happy developers are supposedly more productive and, hopefully, ...

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