Today we're excited to open source Learning Stipends List — an OSS repository with companies that support their staff with a learning allowance.
The new Learning Stipends List repo
Ask your Developer
In his book Ask your Developer, Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio, creates a playbook for unlocking the full potential of developers.
Developers are sought after, highly paid, and desperately needed to compete in the modern, digital economy. Yet many companies treat them like digital factory workers, and don't see them as partners in business.
Ask your Developer shows that developer-focused companies win in the digital age
Lawson argues that developers are the creative workforce who can solve major business problems and create hit products for customers — not just grind through rote tasks. He shows how leaders who build industry changing software products consistently do three things well.
- They understand why software developers matter more than ever
- They understand developers and know how to motivate them
- They invest in their developers' success
Discretionary Learning Stipends
When it comes to investing in learning and growth, the most forward-thinking companies ask their developer. They set aside a transparent allowance for their developers to invest towards books, courses, conferences, etc.
The most forward-thinking companies empower their developers
Software is an art form. The best companies constantly seek to hire the artists at the top of their game — and then proactively support them on their initiative to improve craftsmanship.
It's no surprise that these companies and their products are synonymous with quality, and their engineers set the bar for the industry. With Learning Stipends List, we're celebrating these companies, and encouraging this movement.
Get started
You can explore the Learning Stipend List on its GitHub repo.
If your company offers a discretionary learning stipend for engineers, please open a PR and we will add it to the list.
Got feedback? Please write us an email.
