I feel that as a field, psych has largely let the human side of software development pass it by and we have been content to be merely consumers as much as the rest of the world. But the needs of these people are going unaddressed, undermeasured and unheard. I talk to a lot of psychologists about why I started working with software teams and the human needs that are there and the massive amounts of societal responsibility & pressure that are there too. We really need to have this conversation.

@grimalkina My degrees aren't in tech. My undergrad is in Psychology and I'm always amazed at how relevant it is to tech. Tech problems are fundamentally people problems (eg, Conway's Law).

@grimalkina Whenever I start a new job as a DevOps engineer, I know I'm going to be disliked for at least the first 6-12 months. You don't change the dysfunctional software development workflows without changing the culture that built those workflows. Eventually, it comes together and is absolutely worth it, but it can definitely take a strong toll on the mental health of the people implementing the necessary work. It's little wonder there's a high burnout rate for DevOps.