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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by franciscop on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:34AM (#27118577)
This is a bit ridiculous on the other direction. It's like your main job is putting nails, and at the end of the year you have only put 29 nails. Sure, nails per day is not the best metric, but if in one year building furniture you only put 29 nails in total it's definitely not a good outlook for your productivity.
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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by falcor84 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:45AM (#27118682)
But his job wasn't putting nails. In this metaphor, his job would have been increasing the furniture company's output and profits; maybe he found another of doing it. Perhaps for instance, he figured out that instead of nails, he could utilize another joinery approach, like dovetails.
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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by franciscop on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:53AM (#27118789)
Sure, that's a fair point. I don't know enough about the exact job, internals, etc, just commenting that while commits/day or /week or even /month might not be the best metric, if you are (which I'm unsure here) hired to do that then if you only do 29/year, yeah you are probably not doing your job.
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Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:34AM (#27119350)
Last time I ever squash commits, reading this discussion.
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