Even if the algorithm was correct, the remaining staff will now focus on gaming the perceived productivity metrics. We all know what that means for actual productivity.
Reminds me when I was teasing my coworker in the project that 75% of our source code was written by me - I had committed a bunch of icons as XPM files to our source code :)
(I can't remember whether he consequently reindented all those files...)
I once had a boss who measured productivity in lines of code. We had two developers. A changed line counted, as did a new line.
So... every week, I'd fire up the code formatter and change a setting for indents (2 spaces or 4, new line for curley braces, etc) and reformat all the code. My parter would refactor the most common function names. We were amazingly productive.
One of the bad managers I've recently shifted jobs away from, achieved tons of "productivity" by shifting Confluence pages written by others, so he appears as the author.
_ph_|4 years ago
(I can't remember whether he consequently reindented all those files...)
indymike|4 years ago
So... every week, I'd fire up the code formatter and change a setting for indents (2 spaces or 4, new line for curley braces, etc) and reformat all the code. My parter would refactor the most common function names. We were amazingly productive.
anothernewdude|4 years ago
voakbasda|4 years ago
Which reminds me to ask, anyone looking to hire a 10x embedded engineer w/ 30yrs experience?
ssss11|4 years ago