4 ms·
Yes. The challenge is how to measure individual contributors. It’s easy in Sales, which is why salespeople can do very well without being managers. Harder with
by mathattack 6y ago
Yes. The challenge is how to measure individual contributors. It’s easy in Sales, which is why salespeople can do very well without being managers. Harder with engineers, whose work is very interconnected.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoFor sure. And it's why frankly in my opinion it's very hard to scale software development effectively beyond 25-50 engineers. After that politics and faux-meritocracies take over as people lose personal touch with each other. Not that small companies can't be hell, too.
- mathattack 6y agoYes. Most good people know who the other good people are, but it’s hard to turn that into a plan fit for large companies.
- guytv 6y agoTeam mates, usually know who is a good engineer, and who's not - much more accurately than management. When I was in Google, Perf process was based on peers feedback, and it worked well.
- mathattack 6y agoHow much variable in rewards and comp are based on the peer reviews? Another challenge with large firms is the overall lack of variance.