Don't waste time and money on developer experience until you consider this

Summary
The conversation discusses the importance of developer experience and highlights five ways to potentially ruin it. It starts by revealing the surprising number of developers in the world and their impact on global GDP. The conversation emphasizes the need for a cultural shift and a product mindset to improve developer experience. It also warns against relying on quick fixes and adding unnecessary tools. The conversation concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing the actual problems faced by the development community.

Takeaways
There are approximately 18 million developers in the world, contributing to about $1 trillion worth of global GDP annually.
Developer experience is a top priority for over 58% of C-suite executives.
In many organizations, 30-40% of work is lost, and the same percentage of time is spent on non-development tasks.
Improving developer experience requires a cultural shift, a product mindset, and addressing people and process problems.
Adding tools or implementing solutions without understanding the actual problems faced by developers can make the experience worse.

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