Re:Measuring an Engineering Organization
by closeparen on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @09:38PM
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It doesn't matter what percentile developer you are to guide improvements to tools and processes. It matters what slows you down.
In an organization with hundreds or thousands of developers, there will be people either lying about how productive they are or genuinely think they are performing above average when they are not. It's like how 80% of people think they're above average drivers.
On the other hand, you may have excellent developers that are overly modest or not loud enough to sell themselves that they are truly exceptional and above the curve and should be rewarded for that.
Objective, measurable signals help to find the outliers at the ends of the curve that may otherwise be missed.