IT departments fail to retain their best developers and struggle to attract new talent, according to the latest MuleSoft report.
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The integration software company surveyed 600 CIOs and IT decision makers and found that the “The Great Resignation” has made it difficult to retain capable developers for 93% of businesses. At the same time, 86% said it has become much harder to hire new developers in the past two years.
“The Great Resignation,” also referred to in some places as the “Big Quit,” is an ongoing trend in which workers are leaving jobs and seeking employment elsewhere. The trend was sparked by the Covid-19 and the quarantine periods that followed.
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Demand outpaces supply
While some developers are leaving for financial reasons, many others are looking for jobs that are less taxing on mental and physical health and offer greater flexibility in terms of remote and hybrid working.
Over the past two years, developers have had to endure increasing workload and stress related to digital transformation. In addition, they have been forced to learn new skills and adapt to new technologies and approaches.
This proved to be quite the challenge, as 76% of organizations said that the cognitive load required to learn their software architecture is so high that developers end up frustrated and unproductive.
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To gain an edge and ensure they attract the right talent, businesses must embrace automation, the report concluded. The majority (70%) are already making plans for AI , but are struggling with managing integrations across multiple cloud platforms, struggling with limited automation in software development , data silos, governance and security, and limited access to lightweight tools.
“For organizations to truly digitally transform, they need to do this: give developers user-friendly tools that maximize productivity ,” said Matt McLarty, Global Field CTO & VP of the Digital Transformation Office, MuleSoft.
Information source: techradar.com
