Only if it's effective at writing code, which it of course is not. Any time you see companies refusing to even vaguely define what metrics like this mean (or,

Only if it's effective at writing code, which it of course is not. Any time you see companies refusing to even vaguely define what metrics like this mean (or, for that matter, using non-standard metrics, like disclosing weekly active users but not monthly), it's generally a very strong signal that they're not interested in being transparent because the truth is, ah, not what they would like it to be.