Sean Bave, general manager and vice president of Stack Overflow Talent, explains how to make the most out of remote workers.
Upskilling and training your remote software developers is important. Technology changes and expands at a fast pace, and in the face of a widening tech skills gap it is critical that your team not only keeps up, but stays ahead.
Software developers are some of the most diligent workers when it comes to teaching themselves new skills. Almost 90% of them say that they’ve taught themselves a new language outside of their formal education, and they spend on average seven hours a week of their own time learning new skills necessary to do their jobs.
We’re also seeing an increasing trend in developers working remotely. This is great for productivity, but means it’s difficult for you to check in person to see how the training is going. Additionally, it’s much harder for them to learn alongside those who work in the office and keep up with any training taking place on site (or even just the scraps of information they might naturally pick up from their deskmates)....