Rethinking developer experience at T-Mobile: DevEx vs devprod, exec buy-in, and developer self-service

Chris Chandler is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff for Developer Productivity at T-Mobile. Chris has led several major initiatives to improve developer experience including their internal developer portal, Starter Kits (a patented developer platform that predates Backstage), and Workforce Transformation Bootcamps for onboarding developers faster.

Mentions and links:

• Follow Chris on LinkedIn
• Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4
• Listen to Decoder with Nilay Patel.

Discussion points:

• (0:47) From developer experience to developer productivity
• (7:03) Getting executive buy-in for developer productivity initiatives
• (13:54) What Chris’s team is responsible for
• (17:02) How they’ve built relationships with other teams
• (20:57) How they built and got funding for Dev Console and Starter Kits
• (27:23) Homegrown solution vs Backstage

Creators & Guests

Host

Abi Noda

Abi is the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com), which helps engineering leaders measure and improve developer experience. Abi formerly founded Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub.

What is Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda?

This is a weekly podcast focused on developer productivity and the teams and leaders dedicated to improving it. Topics include in-depth interviews with Platform and DevEx teams, as well as the latest research and approaches on measuring developer productivity. The EE podcast is hosted by Abi Noda, the founder and CEO of DX (getdx.com) and published researcher focused on developing measurement methods to help organizations improve developer experience and productivity.