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> Now the problem with 6 months is that the engineers typically leave after launch once their target of raise and promotion is met and the company suffers to va
by humanrebar 9y ago
> Now the problem with 6 months is that the engineers typically leave after launch once their target of raise and promotion is met and the company suffers to varying degree.
I think the article has it right when it referenced the importance of "the ability to reward engineering work that had little visible outcome". Rewarding mostly shipping (or launching) seems to be broken in particular, I'm not sure rewards themselves are entirely ineffective.
- paulryanrogers 9y ago> Rewarding mostly shipping (or launching) seems to be broken in particular I've fallen into this kitchen-sink trap in the past. Though I think it's tough for stakeholders to appreciate the invisibles like security or reliably until those get bad enough to cross a critical threshold.
- humanrebar 9y agoAgreed. Though in my experience they appreciate it in general terms. They just have a hard time prioritizing and rewarding particular behavior. The concrete tradeoffs like "she decided not to ship three months ago in order to do the security audit" still need to be evaluated.