The Developers' Developers: Two Australian Developers Share Their Connections to Customers
Blog post from MongoDB
MongoDB's blog post explores the dynamic role of "developers' developers," highlighting the experiences of Lavender Chan and Angus Lee, senior software engineers at MongoDB in Australia, who focus on creating tools for fellow developers. They discuss the autonomy and technical challenges they face, with Chan working on the Relational Migrator tool for SQL data migration to MongoDB, and Lee contributing to the MongoDB Charts team. The post emphasizes the company's culture of direct customer engagement and feedback-driven innovation, as seen in their development of AI features like Natural Language Charts. Additionally, the text mentions MongoDB's global educational initiatives, such as the partnership with MyTechDev, to empower aspiring developers in Africa with practical coding skills. It concludes with an announcement from CEO Dev Ittycheria about his upcoming retirement and the appointment of Chirantan "CJ" Desai as the new CEO, highlighting CJ's qualifications and vision for MongoDB's future, particularly in the context of AI and data-driven applications.