The term “developer experience” (DevEx) emerged in the early 2010s as a response to the growing importance of developer communities in the tech industry, ensuring happy and productive developers through a seamless experience. While numerous theoretical guidelines exist for DevEX, this talk focuses on practical implementation and case studies. Drawing from our own experiences in large organizations like Rabobank & Bol.com, we explore diverse approaches to fostering a DevEx culture. We will show how different high-level incentives behind DevEx Culture adoption, change the strategies of big and mid-size orgs toward the implementation.

Takeaways:
- Understanding the relation between Developer Experience (DX) and Platform Engineering.
- Learned lessons from real-world examples of large/mid-sized companies.
- Practical tips on what services can bring more value for your company
- Best measurements to help your company to weight their success in developer experience and platform engineering