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A comment on Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers.

Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by beckingz on Friday January 13, 2023 @10:58AM (#34369559)
Making work legible can be good for the workers as well! Sometimes. Often not. Jira Metrics / LoC can be used to help justify promotions and raises. Or wrongly deny them!
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Re:Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers by meesles on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:02AM (#34369625)
That point is made in the article.

> By participating in the legibility efforts, they have the opportunities to make the measures work for them. For example, ensuring that impactful work is appropriately visible to the group that can decide promotions is important.

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