Techies Don’t Quietly Quit, They (Eventually) Leave and Slam the Door

Anyone who hasn’t lived under a proverbial rock has seen the many discussions regarding "quiet quitting" over the past few weeks. I wrote about it as well in our Chasing Psychological Safety newsletter.

I put it to us that there’s no quiet quitting in technology. Or not as much as everywhere else. Let me explain.

• I put it to us that there’s no quiet quitting in technology. Or not as much as everywhere else. Let me explain.
• Tech teams are like no others. Here are ten things that tech teams (in particular developers) have, that set them apart from the rest of the organisation:
• Great flexibility - being able to roll with the punches and not be utterly discouraged by changes;
• Intense and continuous intellectual challenge therefore learning and growth;
• A greater team bond and ability to communicate if they are working in an Agile way because it demands extreme collaboration;
• Less fear and more openness; therefore a higher consistent degree of Psychological Safety;
• A stronger sense of personal brand or identity as their skills and strengths are always on display and that offers them the safety of easy mobility;
• Some protection from the organisational HumanDebt™ and toxic culture of politics and command and control;
• More of a feeling of being valued than other employees in other sides of the same organisation;
• Evident, regular and quick signs of progress and incremental improvement towards important outcomes;
• A habit of human work on their own self that includes a relationship to purpose in spite of the enterprise not thanks to it.

Tech teams are like no others. Here are ten things that tech teams (in particular developers) have, that set them apart from the rest of the organisation:

Great flexibility - being able to roll with the punches and not be utterly discouraged by changes;

Intense and continuous intellectual challenge therefore learning and growth;