# Why companies should care about great developer experience

DevFeed: [Why companies should care about great developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-companies-should-care-about-great-developer-experience-39878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/care-about-developer-experience/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2022-03-05T13:02:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [code productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-productivity.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-productivity.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>)

Tags: [autonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomy.md>), [cognitive-load](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cognitive-load.md>), [consistency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consistency.md>), [culture-developer-productivity-engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture-developer-productivity-engineering-excellence.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-productivity.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that developer experience is a necessity rather than a luxury because it contributes to developer productivity and company success. It describes good developer experience as reducing cognitive load through tools, services, and documentation while balancing team autonomy with guidance and consistency.

## Source excerpt

Why companies should care about great developer experience Companies might fall into the trap to believe that developer experience is a nice-to-have luxury rather than a necessity. However, this is not the case. As I argued in my last article, high developer productivity results from a great developer experience and thus, the companies' success ultimately relies on this.