I meant quantifying an individual's impact. For i-banking that's easy. The more money an i-banker the raise, the better they are. There isn't a simple metric yo

I meant quantifying an individual's impact. For i-banking that's easy. The more money an i-banker the raise, the better they are. There isn't a simple metric you can use for software engineering. Some terrible developers write a lot of code. Some amazing developers barely write any code. Of course there is still meaningful signal you can use to differentiate developers, but it's going to be fuzzy. I-banking and consulting increase wages for their employees by firing everyone who doesn't meet a certain bar. In addition to creating a toxic work environment, this practice isn't possible with only fuzzy signals.