====== Software Developers, Moods, Emotions, and Performance ====== * The best of the day (2014-07-21). They have used several web comments as data! * http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6834716 * Voice of Evidence column -- Tore Dybå (editor) * //HIGH-TECH COMPANIES like Google, Facebook, and Supercell are well known for their perks// * two studies * affects vs. software development performance * Happy software developers solve problems better: psychological measurements in empirical software engineering https://peerj.com/articles/289/ * Quiet! Dissatisfaction with open spaces. * “Do Agile Methods Marginalize Problem Solvers?" -- paper * The Voice of Practitioners: * Quiet work environment * Limits on multitasking * Short, frequent breaks * Developers are willing to share their ideas, concerns and suggestions.