5 ms·Number of citations in academia == lines of code as a metrics for a software developer?by bitL 7y agoNumber of citations in academia == lines of code as a metrics for a software developer?holy_city 7y agoMore like Github starsVinnl 7y agoI think lines of code is a better metaphor, because the number of lines of code is a necessary artefact of writing code, but easy to game without actually improving quality once they become a measure of evaluation.