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> Take pleasure in writing more code My manager showed me where I fall on the company-wide distribution of quality(based on issues attributed to my code), and

by goda90 5y ago

> Take pleasure in writing more code My manager showed me where I fall on the company-wide distribution of quality(based on issues attributed to my code), and quantity(based on logical lines of code committed). I was near the top for quality, and near the median for quantity. My project had been fairly complex, involving the joining of two already complex systems that handle a wide range of configurations and had their own fair share of bugs that I had to figure out. I held my tongue when they said that I should work on increasing my output.

eatonphil 5y ago
That sucks. I'm sorry you have a manager who isn't seeing the obvious. But speaking as a manager it's always possible to miss the obvious, so I always encourage people to make it as clear as possible (please, literally speak about it) where things are difficult or challenging so everyone can understand that the quality is inversely related to quantity.
majormajor 5y ago
Tell them you should work on increasing everyone else's quality instead. ;) (I mean, unless you don't want to do that sort of role, of course.)
scioto 5y ago
Reminds me of the story of knowing which screw to turn[1]. Whenever I modify or add to code, unless it's a total pile of dung I usually try to figure out the general pattern of the original developer, which leads to the smallest number of added lines to accomplish things. I've noted code where a previous fixer obviously didn't figure out what was going on, and instead bolted their solution to the side of the codebase instead of figuring things out. I spent a good six months after go-live on my last big project removing the bolt-ons and following the patterns, leaving consistent code. Committed LoC: not much, bad if quantity proves worth; actually removed more than I added on that clean-up job. [1]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/
hpoe 5y ago
An employer ever starts evaluating my productivity in lines of code or git commits is the day I become the employee of the year. After all do you know how many lines of code you can put back in once you start writing all of the java boilerplate by hand? Also with magit I challenge anyone to come up with more commits than I am capable of.

by goda90 5y ago

eatonphil 5y ago

That sucks. I'm sorry you have a manager who isn't seeing the obvious. But speaking as a manager it's always possible to miss the obvious, so I always encourage people to make it as clear as possible (please, literally speak about it) where things are difficult or challenging so everyone can understand that the quality is inversely related to quantity.

majormajor 5y ago

Tell them you should work on increasing everyone else's quality instead. ;) (I mean, unless you don't want to do that sort of role, of course.)

scioto 5y ago

Reminds me of the story of knowing which screw to turn[1]. Whenever I modify or add to code, unless it's a total pile of dung I usually try to figure out the general pattern of the original developer, which leads to the smallest number of added lines to accomplish things. I've noted code where a previous fixer obviously didn't figure out what was going on, and instead bolted their solution to the side of the codebase instead of figuring things out. I spent a good six months after go-live on my last big project removing the bolt-ons and following the patterns, leaving consistent code. Committed LoC: not much, bad if quantity proves worth; actually removed more than I added on that clean-up job. [1]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/

hpoe 5y ago

An employer ever starts evaluating my productivity in lines of code or git commits is the day I become the employee of the year. After all do you know how many lines of code you can put back in once you start writing all of the java boilerplate by hand? Also with magit I challenge anyone to come up with more commits than I am capable of.