Re:Don't End the Week with Nothing (2014)
by ryandrake on Monday March 22, 2021 @03:10AM
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That’s a good example. The math doesn’t need to be precise, and you don’t need to track it down to lines of code. “Part of team of X developers who delivered product Y that produced $Z in revenue.” is enough for anyone to very roughly ballpark-estimate impact.
This is counter to GPs initial point, where there is a specific claim of direct profit generation. The advice is now just getting watered down into vague ballpark estimates and tossing in a revenue number onto your resume. The advice might as well just be "work on successful projects", which is "thanks captain obvious" advice.
Many teams don't invest in the tooling required to measure this kind of impact, but it's possible to ballpark it.