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When you’re first introducing engineering metrics to your organization, you’ll want to: ???Avoid the all-too-common pitfall of trying to track too many metrics at once? ?? Make the metrics accessible to all relevant stakeholders ???Ensure everyone knows the metrics are used for insights — not punishment For more practical tips on kicking off an engineering metrics program, check out this blog post.

??New in Swarmia: Understand how much engineering effort goes into your biggest priorities The new focus summary automatically organizes your recent engineering projects from high to low effort. This way, you can quickly see how much time the biggest initiatives, epics, stories, etc. have taken over the chosen period. Read more in the changelog.

We’re looking for several new Swarmians for the Product & Engineering organization: ???Senior+ Product Designer ???Senior+ Product Manager ???Senior+ Platform Engineer What’s in it for you: ? A competitive salary with equity (each job ad comes with a salary range) ? Experienced and motivated teammates ? Great work/life balance — we’re a fast-growing startup, but we work at a sustainable pace Did you recognize yourself or someone you know? Read more and apply today: https://swarmia.co/3ZjYJZB

Join us and our friends at LeadDev, Vox Media, and Meta on December 10 as we discuss measuring developer experience by combining qualitative and quantitative data. You’ll learn about: ???The developer experience metrics you should be measuring ???Balancing qualitative and quantitative metrics ???Designing developer experience surveys that will actually be used ???Interpreting and reporting on developer experience data Save your spot today ??

?? New in Swarmia: Add custom questions to your developer experience surveys In addition to Swarmia’s built-in survey questions, you can now add your own custom statements to adapt your surveys to a wider range of situations. For example, you might like to ask your developers about: ???The custom scalar types in your GraphQL schema ???Their experiences with GitHub Copilot ???Cross-team collaboration Read more in the changelog.

Want a recap of the latest and upcoming Swarmia features or a chance to ask our product team any questions live? Join Swarmia founder & CEO Otto Hilska, Head of Product & Design Roman Musatkin, and Product Manager Miikka Holkeri on December 3 as we share: ?? Our product vision going into 2025 and beyond ?? The latest product updates ?? An exclusive sneak peek into the features we’re currently working on Save your seat today: https://swarmia.co/3B2aaM1

Introducing an engineering metrics program looks wildly different in low-trust environments than it does in high-trust environments. In either case, your job as a leader is to introduce the new program with empathy, meet people where they are, and be ready to answer any questions they may have. In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, former VP of Engineering and Leadership Coach Lena Reinhard shares her best practices for successfully rolling out an engineering metrics program.

Interruptions, like technical support requests or production incidents, can yank developers out of the elusive flow state. But not all interruptions are urgent or even important. In this blog post, we discuss different types of interruptions — and how software engineering teams can maintain focus even when something unexpected happens.

How mature is your engineering organization when it comes to operational health? Iccha Sethi, now VP of Engineering at Vanta, divides operational health into three maturity levels: ???Reactive: When your app is down, you usually hear it from your customers. And when that happens, it’s not clear which team to contact. ???Adaptive: You’re learning from past incidents and setting up processes and SLOs. ???Proactive: You understand that other businesses depend on your product. You might even have automated remediation. Catch the full episode here or wherever you get your podcasts.

“Should I measure system metrics or run a developer experience survey?” is often the wrong question. Instead, you’ll get the best results by doing both — and combining the data. In this blog post, we discuss how to use surveys to complement the engineering insights you’re pulling from your systems.