# Individual contributors vs. decision makers: Same systems, different realities

DevFeed: [Individual contributors vs. decision makers: Same systems, different realities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/individual-contributors-vs-decision-makers-same-systems-different-realities-35884.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/individual-contributors-vs-decision-makers-same-systems-different-realities>)

Author: Lauren Bennett

Published: 2025-09-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reliability.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>), [scaling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scaling.md>)

## AI overview

The State of Development 2025 survey compares how individual contributors and decision makers perceive operational problems. Contributors emphasize latency, fragile workflows, observability gaps, and manual recovery, while decision makers focus on security, complexity, integration, cost, scaling, and reliability. The article argues that both perspectives point toward greater reliability and less manual effort, and that tooling decisions vary by company size.

## Source excerpt

ICs feel daily friction. DMs see business risk. State of Development 2025 puts both views on one page so teams share facts, cut toil, and raise reliability.