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Re:There's No Such Thing as Software Productivity (2012) by dfabulich on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:41PM (#42458223)
I recommend measuring job satisfaction instead of developer productivity. It's the "least bad" proxy metric I know of. https://redfin.engineering/measure-job-satisfaction-instead-...
Re:There's No Such Thing as Software Productivity (2012) by musicale on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @11:10PM (#42458348)
The interesting corollary to this approach seems to be that productivity barriers are largely external.

A potential riske seems to be feedback systems where job satisfaction is determined by high or low pay.