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> After spending some time with a programmer, especially in a work environment, it's easy to get an overview of how strong their skills are If you're another p
by harryf 10y ago
> After spending some time with a programmer, especially in a work environment, it's easy to get an overview of how strong their skills are
If you're another programmer, yes perhaps. But I've seen weaker developers consistently claiming undue credit from management through superior social skills enough times to know that, even with the best evaluation system in the world, it's _always_ possible to game the system.
More to the point, as the article points out, I've seen teams full of "stars" who's collective success depended on that weaker member that fixed all the bugs no one wanted to touch. Scoring that persons value directly would have missed their value entirely.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoIn my dystopian nightmare, the employees rank each other to determine who's below average.
- gumby 10y agoWelcome to the "360 degree review": https://www.qualtrics.com/qualtrics-360/360-degree-employee-assessments/ https://www.qualtrics.com/qualtrics-360/360-degree-employee-... I wish I had made it up to tweak your nightmare but it is reality at quite a few sucky companies.
- flukus 10y ago> If you're another programmer, yes perhaps. And even then, we can only really evaluate developers below and maybe slightly above our own skill level. And only if they're working in similar areas to us.