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The problem starts with name. Developers are creating not producing. They don't make the same widget every day. When you are measuring productivity instead of c
by yetihehe 6y ago
The problem starts with name. Developers are creating not producing. They don't make the same widget every day. When you are measuring productivity instead of creativity, you hinder creativity and therefore output.
- hallway_monitor 6y agoWish I could upvote more than once. Thank you, I will remember this every time productivity of my engineers is discussed.
- greenyoda 6y ago"Productivity" is a very general economic term that can refer to something as abstract as "revenue per worker": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity There's no implication that the worker is producing the same physical objects every day. For example, if a group of developers start using a new framework that allows them to create the same software in less time (thus costing less to produce), their productivity increases.
- yetihehe 6y agoNaming things is art. If you assign a label to something, people will see thing in the shape of that label. Sometimes changing labels may have some benefits, especially if "thing" you are labelling is intangible. People try to measure productivity of developers since the start and if it's a problem for 50 years, maybe we don't even measure the right thing?