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A developer happiness product, https://workdna.com https://workdna.com. It sends out employee pulse surveys that are purpose-built for dev teams and don't suck
by remyp 3y ago
A developer happiness product, https://workdna.com https://workdna.com. It sends out employee pulse surveys that are purpose-built for dev teams and don't suck to fill out.
Lots of companies just cobble together a Google Form full of irrelevant questions, send it out, and throw their hands in the air when nobody fills it out.
WorkDNA surveys your team on criteria like CI/CD reliability, test flakiness, PR feedback quality, job satisfaction, and psychological safety. The surveys take 20 minutes to set up, 5 minutes to fill out, and are completely anonymous.
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago> are completely anonymous ...until they aren't. (Speaking from corporate experience)
- remyp 3y agoThis is a big concern for us. Fortunately, we are self-funded and only answer to ourselves. I’d love to hear more about your experience - please feel free to email me (info in profile) if you’re not comfortable sharing publicly.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoTwo easy anecdotes, have seen it play out similarly multiple times over the past decade: - <self-funded startup> has <big name B2B client> in the sales pipeline. Client wants an invasive <data/reporting> feature for <legal/compliance/ops> reasons. No chance to say no, <CxO> decides to build it due to <market pressure/big name/bonus>. - <self-funded startup> has a platform that deals with anonymous <reviews/surveys/comments>. <big mean company> sues to take down mean <review/survey/comment> and sue the user for defamation. No chance to defend, need to give in to survive the lawsuit. Those cases will come and they will hurt. It's probably healthy to up front think about how you would deal with it (and assume a worst-case-life-or-death scenario).
- remyp 3y agoThank you! This is super helpful.