Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 20 | Page 83

FINAL WORD
This , in turn , is forcing employers to reconsider and reshape their value proposition in terms of the environment , culture and conditions they offer , with a focus on personal fulfilment , agility and chasing industry-leading best practice .
The best places to work
During the dotcom bubble , a cool place to work may have boasted lounges , a pool table , arcade games and a well-stocked fridge .
Two decades on , a lot has changed . Developers want to work somewhere with an appetite for innovation , and – perhaps more importantly – that has the tooling , work practices and culture to facilitate and even celebrate that innovation .
The companies rising to the top right now , in terms of retaining their best talent and that are also most successful at attracting the best talent sitting outside their organizations , are those that have embraced secure DevOps , CI / CD automation and everything-as-code .
However , walk into any high performing IT organization today and you will find a strong desire to be more efficient , innovative and agile . These are admirable ‘ high level ’ goals but they don ’ t actually describe the path to get from where an organization is now to where they want to be .
Organizations that successfully become more efficient , innovative and agile – and therefore attractive to the best developers – have a plan that runs over a period of
Walk into any high performing IT organization today and you will find a strong desire to be more efficient , innovative and agile .
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