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Heck, even as a software developer, which HN heavily skews to, how would we measure productivity? Many fields are very creatively driven, it's incredibly diffic
by hak8or 7y ago
Heck, even as a software developer, which HN heavily skews to, how would we measure productivity? Many fields are very creatively driven, it's incredibly difficult to put a number on it.
Lines of code? That was shown to be a total failure years ago. Jira tickets closed? Some tickets are much harder than others. Hours of butt in seat? Well, sadly that still seems to be a bit in vongue, but is thankfully dying out.
Vlue collar jobs are easier to put a number one, but a lot of white collar jobs don't, and the USA is rapidly shifting to white collar work.
- TulliusCicero 7y agoExactly. At best you can ask teammates, but as soon as this becomes an important measure, people are incentivized to back scratch. Plus, people would have radically different standards for productivity based on their own experiences.
- iguy 7y ago> Blue collar jobs are easier to put a number on But still very far from easy. The standard story here involves a shoe factory in a communist country of your choice, who met their quota by making only left-foot size-3 shoes... You can plug any particular hole, but the general problem remains.
- a3n 7y agoWithin a company, revenue/person, weighted by one or more of: salary Number of colleagues performing the same function Percentage of revenue due to a department