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Counterpoint: when every developer is urged to build something with "measurable impact", you end up like Google, where people launch something visible, get prom
by yongjik 6y ago
Counterpoint: when every developer is urged to build something with "measurable impact", you end up like Google, where people launch something visible, get promoted, and move on, leaving the service to wither away.
- Swizec 6y agoArguably that means you have bad easy-to-game metrics. I wouldn't call what many (most?) Googlers do "impactful". More like "Let's keep a bunch of smart people busy so they don't get hired by our competition" If the service you built withers away when you move to a different team, it was a pet project that The Business doesn't care about (because it has zero impact). Literally the definition of a bullshit busywork job :)
- austhrow743 6y agoHow is this a counterpoint? The above is advice to developers seeking to improve their career, not executives at large public companies making hiring policy decisions.
- Chris2048 6y agoThe fact that goog is well known for starting projects then killing them, suggests to me they don't really appreciate the measurable impact of their work.