Digitization is advancing at a frenetic pace and all this leads to increasingly high developer workloads. Such is the demand to which companies are subjected that, according to a new investigation by couchbase, 9 out of 10 developers would be at or above the limit of their working capacity. Furthermore, only 5.1% of respondents I would be willing to take on more projects.
All this generates great uncertainty among human resources managers, who are anxious about finding qualified people to cover certain profiles with the required skills. In fact, 86% say that hiring database staff has become a real odyssey.
The study, formulated in April 2023 to C-level professionals and managers in the US, concludes that the most effective solutions that exist so that productivity and economic profitability are not diminished are the process automationthe cloud-based technologies and the use of SQL-centric database tools. Additionally, having experience working with peers throughout the entire life cycle of a data set will help make the results more positive.
The problem resides in the fact that in the vast majority of the companies surveyed (87.2%), they continue to use legacy relational databases as the main database for creating applications. The solution is to use the new non-relational tools, such as NoSQL, which would provide speed, flexibility, security, cost savings and scalability. In addition, data governance compliance for your infrastructure would be guaranteed.
If the implementation of an SQL database is consolidated, multiple benefits: reduction of time dedicated to data management, varied data analysis, multidisciplinary approach to management, conversion of data into valid resources and improvement of the quality and consistency of the information.
Negative health consequences
The study is compelling and shows that developers are completely overwhelmed. As the workload increases, they come to assume greater responsibilities outside of their job duties, something that the survey shows, which concludes that three of every four employees they take on responsibilities outside of their job description normally.
The most imminent consequence is the noticeable increase in stress levels, something that is reflected in more than half of the developers (54.1%). Similarly, 43.8% feel overwhelmed and surpassed, 40.2% express clear exhaustion and 31.3% frustration at the inability to balance work life with personal life.
A major challenge for companies
The philosopher’s stone of the problem that affects companies is that they cannot find qualified personnel to cover the positions of database developers. In fact, 71.6% of those surveyed ensures that their companies are offering mentoring and training programs to end the work experience gap. When looking for a new job, the developers consider that the Reconciling work and family lifethe retribution and the corporate culture are the main incentives to improve their position.
To this is added that the teams of developers request a increased access to data or other systemsas well as compliance requirements are metwhich are becoming more and more excessive.
Perry Krughead of developer experience at Couchbase, says that by automating repetitive and lower-value tasks, developers are freed up to rDirect your time and talent to higher value projects such as building business-critical applications. In addition, in this sense, Couchbase advocates the defense of language
