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COVID-19 has impacted not only our health, safety, and social lives but our occupations as well. The pandemic has negatively impacted restaurants, gyms, and schools, forcing some to shut down or close. Most workers were forced to leave their jobs or work from home. Working remotely is not a new concept for software and web development industries. We analyzed the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the software and web development industries and if they have sustained or changed their productivity throughout the pandemic. We researched various experiments (surveys, statistics, interviews) on the impacts of COVID-19 on software and web development industries and were able to analyze any possible trends and consistencies. We observed significant variation in the results to determine whether COVID-19 impacted software and web development. Each company responded differently and acted according to what was best in their circumstances. Most research showed that developers could put out the same production at home compared to facility space. Most software and web development companies require employees to stay home and work remotely with their teams. With the quick technological advances of email, online chatting, and video calling, development teams were able to adapt quickly to the requirements of not being able to have all their employees in the same space.
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Khan, I., Naqvi, M., Cathcart, J., Gainer, T., Dolph, J., Khan Mohd, T. (2023). Working from Home During a Pandemic: The Impact COVID-19 Had on Software and Web Development. In: Raj, J.S., Perikos, I., Balas, V.E. (eds) Intelligent Sustainable Systems. ICoISS 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 665. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1726-6_20
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