It depends. If your employer is a company that values good software development practices, then they wouldn't judge you based on the LOCs you produce, but on t

It depends. If your employer is a company that values good software development practices, then they wouldn't judge you based on the LOCs you produce, but on the overall value you provide to the team, product and company. If they're not, then most of what we're discussing here is not very relevant, since they likely don't follow other good practices either. If you're in that situation, then you have a few options: if you value the product and company, promote these best practices so that the company can attract and keep good developers, which ultimately benefits the product. If you don't, or they won't listen, or you don't have the authority to change things, then you can probably forget about following good practices, and just keep working based on the metrics they do value. Or, I'd strongly suggest, just find a better working environment. :)