TY - GEN
T1 - Resume-Driven Development
T2 - 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2021
AU - Fritzsch, Jonas
AU - Wyrich, Marvin
AU - Bogner, Justus
AU - Wagner, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Technologies play an important role in the hiring process for software professionals. Within this process, several studies revealed misconceptions and bad practices which lead to suboptimal recruitment experiences. In the same context, grey literature anecdotally coined the term Resume-Driven Development (RDD), a phenomenon describing the overemphasis of trending technologies in both job offerings and resumes as an interaction between employers and applicants. While RDD has been sporadically mentioned in books and online discussions, there are so far no scientific studies on the topic, despite its potential negative consequences. We therefore empirically investigated this phenomenon by surveying 591 software professionals in both hiring (130) and technical (558) roles and identified RDD facets in substantial parts of our sample: 60% of our hiring professionals agreed that trends influence their job offerings, while 82% of our software professionals believed that using trending technologies in their daily work makes them more attractive for prospective employers. Grounded in the survey results, we conceptualize a theory to frame and explain Resume-Driven Development. Finally, we discuss influencing factors and consequences and propose a definition of the term. Our contribution provides a foundation for future research and raises awareness for a potentially systemic trend that may broadly affect the software industry.
AB - Technologies play an important role in the hiring process for software professionals. Within this process, several studies revealed misconceptions and bad practices which lead to suboptimal recruitment experiences. In the same context, grey literature anecdotally coined the term Resume-Driven Development (RDD), a phenomenon describing the overemphasis of trending technologies in both job offerings and resumes as an interaction between employers and applicants. While RDD has been sporadically mentioned in books and online discussions, there are so far no scientific studies on the topic, despite its potential negative consequences. We therefore empirically investigated this phenomenon by surveying 591 software professionals in both hiring (130) and technical (558) roles and identified RDD facets in substantial parts of our sample: 60% of our hiring professionals agreed that trends influence their job offerings, while 82% of our software professionals believed that using trending technologies in their daily work makes them more attractive for prospective employers. Grounded in the survey results, we conceptualize a theory to frame and explain Resume-Driven Development. Finally, we discuss influencing factors and consequences and propose a definition of the term. Our contribution provides a foundation for future research and raises awareness for a potentially systemic trend that may broadly affect the software industry.
KW - career development
KW - hiring
KW - software development
KW - survey
KW - technology
KW - theory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85112865276
U2 - 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS52602.2021.00011
DO - 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS52602.2021.00011
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85112865276
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
SP - 19
EP - 28
BT - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 25 May 2021 through 28 May 2021
ER -