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> I think it's reasonable to expect a developer to measure and present the correlation between performance and revenue. I'll bite. Do you really do this? If so
by mbesto 7y ago
> I think it's reasonable to expect a developer to measure and present the correlation between performance and revenue.
I'll bite. Do you really do this? If so, I'm seriously curious about how you could conclude a straight line causation (not just correlation) between an increase in revenue by an increase in performance? Potentially for a large scale site like Twitter, Facebook where performance means less eyeballs, but even then it's just a correlation.
- KaiserPro 7y agoGraphs. I was here https://medium.com/ft-product-technology/a-faster-ft-com-10e7c077dc1c https://medium.com/ft-product-technology/a-faster-ft-com-10e... when they did this. Its easy to find graphs that support your conclusion.
- brlewis 7y agoWhere I work we already have people doing this, so I don't have to. If your project doesn't tie directly to revenue it surely has KPIs which would be affected by performance.
- layoutIfNeeded 7y agoYou don’t need sound reasoning that could withstand scientific scrutiny. Management won’t be able to distinguish valid from bogus data. Just p-hack until it fits your conclusion - they’ll eat it up in no time.