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Ask HN: New Manager, how to measure developer performance?

Background: Due to some wild circumstances, I have gone from being a senior developer to the team lead of eight developers in another department with zero hand over or training. This is my first time as a manager, I have never worked with any of the team and have only briefly meet them before. I have talked to the business and the team has a concrete goal to develop and deliver a software...

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